Person

Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879 - 1929)

Born
12 August 1879
Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Died
1 August 1929
Mount Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Astronomer

Summary

Walter Duffield was Professor of Physics, Reading University, England 1910-1923 and was appointed the inaugural Director of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo near Canberra, in 1924. He was born in Adelaide and had studied with W.H. Bragg.

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Chronology

1924 - 1929
Career position - Director, Commonwealth Solar Observatory
1925
Career event - Elected Member (Physics), Australian National Research Council

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Mount Stromlo Observatory, 1936 - 1956, MS 037; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
  • Walter Geoffrey Duffield - Records, 1880 - 1987, MS 095; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Bhathal, Ragbir, Sutherland, Ralph and Butcher, Harvey, Mt Stromlo Observatory: From Bush Observatory to the Nobel Prize (Collingwood (Vic.): CSIRO, 2013), 330 pp. Details
  • McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard, The Papers of Walter Geoffrey Duffield (1879-1929) (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1987), 29 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Edgeloe, V. A., 'Four Nineteenth Century Graduates', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, 14 (1986), 137-148. Details
  • Love, Rosaleen, 'Science and Government in Australia 1905-14: Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620171. Details

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See also

  • Bhathal, Ragbir, 'How Mount Stromlo Observatory shed its imperial beginnings', A&G: News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics, 55 (6) (2014), 6.33-6.35. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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