Person
Gray, Joseph Alexander (1884 - 1966)
FRS
- Born
- 7 February 1884
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 5 March 1966
London, England - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Joseph Gray spent much time working in Canada, after graduating in science at the University of Melbourne. He was associate professor in physics at McGill University, Montreal from 1919 to 1924.
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Chronology
- 1907
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1909 - 1912
- Career position - 1851 Exhibition Scholar
- 1912
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Manchester
- 1912 - 1915
- Career position - Lecturer in Physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada
- 1913
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Manchester
- 1915 - 1919
- Career position - Assistant Professor in Physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada
- 1916 - 1918
- Career position - Lieutenant, then Captain in the Royal Engineers
- 1919 - 1924
- Career position - Associate Professor of Physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada
- 1922 -
- Career position - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRS)
- 1924 - 1952
- Career position - Professor of Physics at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada
- 1932 -
- Career position - Fellow of the Royal Society of Australia (FRS)
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21166352. Details
- 'Gray, Joseph Alexander (1884-1966)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473219. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Gray, Joseph Alexander', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001670p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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