Person
Baker, William George (1902 - 1978)
- Born
- 17 May 1902
Clarendon, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 15 August 1978
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Radio engineer and Physicist
Summary
William Baker was an engineer with Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd 1931-1953 and Director of the Marconi School of Wireless 1934-1953.
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Chronology
- 1921
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
- 1924 - 1926
- Award - Walter & Eliza Hall Fellow in Engineering
- 1928 - 1931
- Career position - Research Scientist, Radio Research Board, CSIR
- 1931 - 1953
- Career position - Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd
- 1932
- Education - Doctor of Science in Engineering (DScEng), University of Sydney
- 1934 - 1953
- Career position - Director, Marconi School of Wireless
- 1935 - 1940
- Career position - Editor, "AWA Technical Review"
- 1952
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1953 - 1967
- Career position - Officer-in-charge, Ionospheric Prediction Service
- 13 Sep 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Baker, William George, 'The Design of High Frequency Transformers', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1929), 107-128, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.264993412658007. Details
- Baker, William George, 'The effect of output impedance on the performance of square law detectors in beat frequency oscillators', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6 (11) (1934), 447-451. Details
- Tippett, Leonard Samuel Calvert; Baker, William George, 'Radio Broadcast Transmission in the Neighbourhood of Sydney, N.S.W. Preliminary Account.', Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (1929), 129-146, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.265012045629265. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q27926913. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/24378115. Details
- 'Baker, William George (1902-1978)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476179. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Baker, William George', 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/P001594p.htm. Details
Theses
- Baker, W. G., 'Some Aspects of the Propagation of Broadcast Waves in the Heaviside Layer under the Influence of the the Earth's Magnetic Field"', DScEng thesis, University of Sydney, 1932. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 June 2025
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