Person
Madsen, John Percival Vissing (1879 - 1969)
Kt FAA
- 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.]
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
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
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
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
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538104. Details
- 'Madsen, John Percival Vaissing (1879-1969)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474295. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Madsen, John Percival Vissing - Ms 72', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms072.html. Details
- 'Madsen, John Percival Vissing', 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/P000614p.htm. Details
- White, Frederick, 'John Percival Vissing Madsen 1879-1969', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs-1/john-percival-vissing-madsen-1879-1969. Details
See also
- Binnie, Anna, 'Oliphant, the Father of Atomic Energy', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 139 (2006), 11-22, https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/139_Binnie2.pdf. Details
- Binnie, Anna, 'A Short History of the Australian Institute of Physics, Part 2: from the Formation of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics to the Establishment of the Australian Institute of Physics', Australian Physics, 44 (4) (2007), 128-137, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IN7sV_RIRljwstfZLa7pjQyvisDmp_m0/view?ts=65d6c651. Details
- 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
- Crompton, R. W., 'Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (4) (1991), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910840249.htm. Details
- Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'A Unique Mind - Sir John Madsen' p.55. Details
- Ludlow, Christa; Bowie, Ian; Neville, Pamela, 'Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 285-298. Details
- Stephens, C.G.; and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (3) (1988), 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880730299. Details
Digital resources
Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Ken McInnes
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