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Madsen, John Percival Vissing (1879 - 1969)

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    John Percival Vissing Madsen
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Born
24 March 1879
Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia
Died
4 October 1969
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physicist and Electrical engineer

Summary

Sir John Madsen was Lecturer in Physics, University of Adelaide 1901-1909 and Associate Professor and foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1909-1949. He was Chairman of the Radio Research Board (1926-1957) and a great many other bodies and boards including the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA).

Madsen is featured on the ATERB Medal, which is awarded under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. ATERB (Australian Telecommunications & Electronics Research Board) was formerly the Radio Research Board, of which Madsen was founding chairman.

The John Masden Medal awarded by the Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia is named in his honour.

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Chronology

1900
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1901
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
1901 - 1903
Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, University of Adelaide
1904 - 1909
Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Adelaide
1907
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide
1909 - 1912
Career position - Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
1912 - 1949
Career position - Assistant Professor then Professor (from 1920) of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney
1915 - 1918
Career position - Commanding Officer, Engineer Officers' Training School in Roseville, New South Wales
1919
Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1921
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1926 - c. 1954
Career event - Elected Member (Physics), Australian National Research Council
1926 - 1957
Career position - Chairman, Radio Research Board
1937
Career position - President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1938 - 1944
Career position - Chairman, National Standards Laboratory
1939 - 1942
Career position - Chairman, Radiophysics Advisory Board
1941
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Chairman of the Radio Research Board
1944
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
1945
Career position - Chairman, Australian National Research Council
1945 - 1966
Career position - Chairman, Electrical Research Board
1946 - 1947
Career position - President, Australian Branch, Institute of Physics
1954 - 1969
Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1968
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • John Percival Vissing Madsen - Records, 1906 - 1969, MS 072; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Book Sections

  • Myers, D. M., 'Madsen, Sir John Percival Vaissing (Vissing) (1879-1969) , physicist and engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 376-377. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100368b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1944 Award [John Madsen DSc]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 16 (1944), 255. Details
  • Home, R. W., 'W.H. Bragg and J.P.V. Madsen: Collaboration and Correspondence, 1905-1911', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520001. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Twenty-fifth Annual Report [1944]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 17 (1945), 10-28. 'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1944 Award) to Prof Sir John Madsen DSc BE MIEAust, Sydney Division', p.13. Details
  • Madsen, J. P. V., 'Presidential address: Radio research [Section A - Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics]', Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 (1937), 14-18. Details
  • White, F. W. G., 'John Percival Vissing Madsen', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (1) (1971), 51-65. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9710210051.htm. Details

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