Person

Giovanelli, Ronald Gordon (1915 - 1984)

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Born
30 April 1915
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Died
27 January 1984
late of Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Ronald Giovanelli was Chief of the Division of Physics, CSIRO from 1958-1976. He was interested in both optical measurements and solar astronomy.

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Chronology

1937
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(hons)), University of Sydney
1937 - 1939
Career position - Research Fellow, Mount Stromlo Observatory
1939
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
1940 - 1941
Career position - National Physics Laboratory, London
1941 - 1958
Career position - CSIR/O National Standards Laboratory
1948
Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1950
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
1958 - 1976
Career position - Chief, Division of Physics, CSIRO
1962
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1962 - 1965
Career position - Chairman, Australian National Committee, International Quiet Sun Years
1968 - 1971
Career position - President, Astronomical Society of Australia
1973
Career position - Chairman, Australian National Committee for Solar-Terrestrial Physics
1973 - 1976
Career position - President, Commission 12 (Solar Radiation), International Astronomical Union
1979 - 1981
Career position - Chairman, Australian National Committee for Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Ronald Gordon Giovanelli - Records, 1910 - 1987, MS 176; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Bhathal, Ragbir, Australian Astronomers: Achievements at the Frontiers of Astronomy (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1996), 243 pp. Details
  • McCann, Doug; McCarthy, Gavan, The Records of Ronald Gordon Giovanelli (1915-1984) (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1989), 62 pp. Details

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Journal Articles

  • Blevin, W. R.; Loughhead, R. E., 'Ronald G. Giovanelli - Obituary', Australian Physicist, 21 (1984), 72-73. Details
  • Piddington, John Hobart, 'Ronald Gordon Giovanelli 1915-84', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620223. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

See also

  • Lomb, Nick, 'Australian eclipses: the Western Australian eclipse of 1974 and the east coast eclipse of 1976', Journal of astronomical history and heritage, 24 (2) (2021), 475-97. Details
  • Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958 (1958). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. Details

Digital resources

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