Person
Richardson, Joseph Falding (1916 - 1989)
- Born
- 16 December 1916
- Died
- 9 February 1989
- Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Joseph Richardson worked for the Optical Munitions Panel 1941-1943 in the Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne. He later worked for the Commonwealth X-ray and Radium Laboratory (later Australian Radiation Laboratory) from 1945-1977, being Deputy Director from 1957-1973.
Details
Chronology
- 1940
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1940 - 1943
- Career position - Trainee Physicist, Optical Munitions Panel
- 1942
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1944 - 1945
- Career position - Physicist, Dental Materials Research Laboratory in Melbourne
- 1945 - 1956
- Career position - Research Physicist, Commonwealth X-ray and Radium Laboratory (later the Australian Radiation Laboratory)
- 1957 - 1973
- Career position - Assistant Director of the Australian Radiation Laboratory
- 1973 - 1976
- Career position - Head of the Standards & Compliance Section of the Australian Radiation Laboratory
- 1977
- Career position - Acting Director of the Australian Radiation Laboratory
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Joseph Falding Richardson - Records, 1941 - 1981; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
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
- Richardson, J.F., The Australian Radiation Laboratory: a Concise History, 1929-1979 (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1981), 87 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Richardson, Joseph Falding', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471343. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Richardson, Joseph Falding', 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/P000743p.htm. Details
See also
- 'Physics Students', 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/students.htm. 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
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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