Person

Bower, John Crawford (1911 - 1957)

Born
3 October 1911
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
12 August 1957
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

John Bower studied at the Teachers' Training College in Melbourne, completing his degree in 1934. Awarded an 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship, he completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge, working in the field of nuclear physics under Ernest Rutherford. With the outbreak of war Bower became involved with radar and was ultimately sent to the Middle East where he directed the RAF Operational Research Group until 1945. He returned to Australia after the war, taking up the position of Senior Lecturer in physics at the University of Melbourne in 1947, and resuming his studies in nuclear physics. In May 1957 Bower was appointed the secretary of the newly-established National Radiation Advisory Committee.

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1933
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) in physics, University of Melbourne
1934
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1935 - 1938
Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
1939
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in physics, University of Cambridge
1939 - 1943
Career position - Served with the RAF operational research group on radar development
1943 - 1945
Career position - Officer-in-Charge, RAAF operational research group
1947 - 1957
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Melbourne
May 1957 - August 1957
Career position - Secretary, National Radiation Advisory Committee

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  • 'Obituary: John Crawford Bower', Australian Journal of Science, 20 (5) (1957), 140. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Tom Spurling

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