Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew (1915 - 2010)

Summary

Ben Gascoigne was Professor in Astronomy, Australian National University, Canberra 1964-1980. Before that he worked at the Australian National University as Reader and Assistant Director (Research) and at the Commonwealth Observatory from 1941-1957.

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Chronology

1937

Education - Master of Science (MSc), Auckland University College

1940 - 1941

Career position - Optical munitions work with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in New Zealand

1941

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Bristol, UK

1941 - 1945

Career position - Staff member at the Commonwealth Observatory

1945 - 1951

Career position - Senior Scientific Officer, Commonwealth Observatory

1951 - 1957

Career position - Principal Scientific Officer, Commonwealth Observatory

1951 - 1961

Career position - Reader, Australian National University in Canberra

1958 - 1964

Career position - President, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Sub-Commission on the Magellanic Clouds

1961 - 1967

Career position - Assistant Director (Research), Australian National University

1964 - 1980

Career position - Personal Professor, Australian National University

1966

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

11 June 1996

Award - Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

Related entries

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Exhibition Papers, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/exhib_papers.htm. Details
• The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/omp.htm. Details

Books

• Bhathal, Ragbir, Australian Astronomers: Achievements at the Frontiers of Astronomy (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1996), 243 pp. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B, Proust, K. M.; and Robins, M. O., The Creation of the Anglo-Australian Observatory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 314 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Ellery, Robert Lewis John (1827-1908), astronomer and public servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 135-137. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040137b.htm. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Australian Astronomy Since the Second World War' in Australian Science in the Making, R. W. Home, ed. (Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp. 345-373. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Rimmer, William Bolton (1882-1945), Astronomer and Public Servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 94-95. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160111b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Cannon, Russell, Gillingham, Peter and Malin, David, 'Ben Gascoigne - a "Founding Father" of the AAO', Australian Astronomical Observatory Newsletter (2010), 28-30. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Arthur Robert Hogg', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 1 (3) (1968), 58-70. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9680130058.htm. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Bart J. Bok', Australian Physicist, 20 (October) (1983), 229. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Astrophysics at Mount Stromlo: the Woolley Era', Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 5 (1984), 597-605. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'History of Australian Astronomy: Astro-physics at Mount Stromlo, the Woolley Era', Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 5 (1984), 597-605. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., '200 years of Astronomy in Australia', Australian Science Teachers Journal, 34 (2) (1988), 53-55. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Bok, Woolley and Australian Astronomy', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920119. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'Robert LJ. Ellery, His Life and Times', Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 10 (1992), 170-176. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19th Century Reflectors', Historical Records of Australian Science, 10 (3) (1995), 223-245. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9951030223. Details
• Gascoigne, S. C. B., 'The Great Melbourne Telescope and Other 19th Century Reflectors', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 37 (1996), 101-128. Details
• Gasgoigne, S. C. B., 'Astrophysics at Mount Stromlo: the Woolley era', Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 5 (1984), 597-605. Details

Newspaper Articles

• 'Leading astronomer survived a great leap closer to Earth', Sydney Morning Herald (2010). http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/leading-astronomer-survived-a-great-leap-closer-to-earth-20100505-uale.html. Details
• Doobov, Mervyn, and S.C. Gascoigne, 'Refugee engineer had precision in his sights', The Australian (1995), 13. Details

Resources

• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/24669444. Details
• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q492476. Details
• 'Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew (1915 - 2010)', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/ben-gascoigne. Details
• 'Gascoigne, S C B (1915-2010)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-570419. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew ("Ben")', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/gascoigne.htm. Details
• Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Professor Ben Gascoigne', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 13 July 2000, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-ben-gascoigne-1915-2010. Details

See also

• Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist (1990). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. Details
• Brown, R. Hanbury; Minnett, Harry C; White, Fredrick W. G., 'Edward George Bowen 1911-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 151-166. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920151. Details
• Davies, Susan, 'R. v.d. R. Wooley in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (1) (1984), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9840610059. Details
• Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - the Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm. Details