Person
Nicol, Phyllis Mary (1903 - 1964)
- Born
- 2 March 1903
Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 13 June 1964
Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Academic, Educator and Physicist
Summary
Phyllis Nicol was a demonstrator in physics, University of Sydney 1927-1933, a tutor in physics at the Women's College 1934-1945 and finally a lecturer in physics 1946-1964. With E. Booth, in 1931 she produced the major book "Physics: Fundamental Laws and Principles". She resigned due to ill health four days before her death, due to cancer.
Details
Chronology
- 1921 - 1925
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1926
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Fellowship nominee, University of Sydney, but not successful
- 1926
- Education - Masters of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
- 1927 - 1933
- Career position - Full-time Demonstrator in Physics, University of Sydney
- 1931
- Publication - Book: "Physics: fundamental laws and principles, with problems and worked solution", with E. H. Booth
- 1933 - 1946
- Career position - Part-time Demonstrator, Physics Department, University of Sydney
- 1935
- Career event - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1946 - 1948
- Career position - Part-time Lecturer, Physics Department, University of Sydney
- 1948 - 1953
- Career position - Full-time Lecturer, with 'temporary' status, Physics Department, University of Sydney
- 1953 - 1964
- Career position - Tutor Demonstrator with the status of Lecturer, Physics Department, University of Sydney
Related entries
Archival resources
University of Sydney, Archives
- Phyllis Mary Nicol - Records, 1927 - 1964; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Booth, Edgar H.; Nicol, Phyllis M., Physics: fundamental laws and principles, with problems and worked solutions (Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Co, 1931), 648 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Annable, Rosemary, 'Nicol, Phyllis Mary (1903-1964), lecturer and demonstrator in physics' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), p. 478. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nicol-phyllis-mary-11239. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537178. Details
- 'Nicol, Phyllis M (1903-1964)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638641. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Nicol, Phyllis Mary', 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/P001233p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 23 April 2026
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