Person
Titterton, Ernest William (1916 - 1990)
Kt FAA
Sir Ernest William Titterton
Details
- Born
- 4 March 1916
Kettlebrook, Staffordshire, England - Died
- 8 February 1990
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Ernest Titterton was Professor of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra 1950-1981. He worked on a number of committees concerned with atomic energy and weapons.
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Chronology
- - 1937
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), Birmingham University, England
- 1937 - 1938
- Education - Masters of Science (MSc), Birmingham University, England
- 1938 - 1939
- Education - Diploma of Education (DipEd), Birmingham University, England
- 1939 - 1941
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Birmingham University, England
- 1939 - 1943
- Career position - Research Officer, Radar, British Admiralty
- 1943 - 1947
- Career position - Member, British Scientific Mission in the United States of America to develop first Nuclear Weapons
- 1945
- Career position - Senior Member, Timing Group, Alamagordo Nuclear Weapon Tests, New Mexico, United States of America
- 1946
- Career position - Chief Adviser on Instrumentation to the Task Force Commander, Bikini Nuclear Weapons Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
- 1946 - 1947
- Career position - Head, Electronics Division, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico, United States of America
- 1947 - 1950
- Career position - Group Leader, Nuclear Emulsion and Cloud Chamber Research, Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), Harwell Laboratory, England
- 1950 - 1968
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University
- 1952
- Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of London, England
- 1952
- Award - Fellow, American Physical Society, United States of America
- 1954
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1957 - 1973
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee
- 1959
- Award - The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG), British
- 1966 - 1968
- Career position - Dean, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
- 1968 - 1973
- Career position - Director, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
- 1970
- Award - Knighthood (Kt), United Kingdom
- 1973 - 1974
- Career Position - President, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 1973 - 1981
- Career position - Professor of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University
- 1981 - 1987
- Career position - Visiting Fellow, Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University
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Colleague
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Australasian Science, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/journal.htm. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Articles
- Sherratt, Tim, 'Political Fallout: Australian Scientists and the Atomic Bomb', Australasian Science, Spring (1996), http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_fallout.htm. Details
Books
- Ophel, Trevor and Jenkin, John, Fire in the Belly: the First Fifty Years of the Pioneer School at the ANU (Canberra: Research School of Physical Science and Engineering, Institute of Advanced Studies, ANU, 1996), 157 pp. Details
- Walker, Frank, Maralinga: The chilling expose of our secret nuclear shame and betrayal of our troops and country (Sydney (Gadigal Country): Hachette Australia, 2016). Details
Book Sections
- Newton, J. O.; and Jenkin, John, 'Titterton, Sir Ernest William (1916-1990), Professor of Nuclear Physics' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 510-2. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/titterton-sir-ernest-william-973. Details
Journal Articles
- Newton, J. O., 'Ernest William Titterton 1916-1990', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 167-187. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920167. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4133126. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/70316279. Details
- Guide to the Records of Ernest William Titterton, Australian Science Archives Project, 1993, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/guides/titterton/. Details
- William Ernest Titterton Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/titt/titterton.htm. Details
- 'Titterton, E W (19160304-19900208)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-475667. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Career Summary', in Guide to the Records of Ernest William Titterton, Australian Science Archives Project, 1996, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/guides/titterton/titt_his.htm. Details
See also
- Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L., 'Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710097. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 June 2022
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