Person

Rogers, James Stanley (1893 - 1977)

Born
6 June 1893
Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia
Died
1 August 1977
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

James Rogers was a physicist whose research focused on radioactive emissions, and who did ground-breaking work on photographic measurement techniques for gamma rays. He was a senior lecturer in Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne from 1924 to 1946, and for 14 years from 1950 was Dean of Graduate Studies. Among his publications was Physics for medical students (1932), later published in several editions. During WWII Rogers was Secretary of the Optical Munitions Panel from 1941to 1946 and wrote a history of the Panel.

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Chronology

1915 - 1919
Military service - First World War. Captain, 14th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces
1919
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Diploma of Education (DipEd), University of Melbourne
1919 - 1921
Career event - Teacher in Victorian schools
1921
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1922
Education - Masters of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1922 - 1924
Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
1924 - 1944
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Natural Philosophy, Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne
1925
Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
1928
Education - Masters of Science (MSc), University of Cambridge, England
1941 - 1945
Career position - Secretary, Optical Munitions Panel
1945
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
1945 - 1946
Career position - Secretary, Scientific Instrument and Optical Panel
1947 - 1949
Career position - Warden, Mildura Branch, University of Melbourne
1950 - 1963
Career position - Dean of Graduate Students, University of Melbourne
1963
Life event - Retired

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Rogers, J. S.; edited by T. H. Laby, Physics for medical students : a supplementary text book (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1932), 151 pp. Details
  • Turner, J. S.; McLennan, Ethel I.; and Rogers, J. S., The tropic proofing of optical instruments (Melbourne: Ministry of Munitions, Ordnance Production Directorate, Scientific Instruments and Optical Panel, 1947), 80 pp. Details

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Edited Books

  • Olver, Norman H. ed., The University of Melbourne Mildura Branch 1847 - 1949: a short history; J. S. Rogers, Warden (Mildura, Vic.: University of Melbourne Mildura Branch, 1992), 216 pp. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn

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