Person

Bruckshaw, John McGarva (1906 - 1969)

Born: 22 October 1906
England
Died: 25 January 1969
Ashtead, Surrey, England
Occupation: Geophysicist

Summary

John Bruckshaw was reader in geophysics at Imperial College London 1948-1954 and professor 1954-1969.

Details

Born United Kingdom, 22 October 1906. Died Ashtead, Surrey, United Kingdom, 25 January 1969. Educated University of Manchester (BSc 1927, MSc 1928) and Imperial College London (PhD 1934). Physicist, Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey 1928-30; scientific officer, Fuel Research Station, United Kingdom 1935-37; lecturer in physics, Imperial College London 1937-48, reader in geophysics 1948-54, professor 1954-69.

Published resources

Resources

'Bruckshaw, J McG (1906-1969)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1172377. Details

Resource Sections

'Bruckshaw, John McGarva', 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/P001613p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018

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