Person

Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston (1901 - 1976)

Born: 27 January 1901
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Died: 2 December 1976
Eynsford, Kent, England
Occupation: Physicist and Company director

Summary

John Cairns was assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory 1922-1928 and later research physicist at EMI Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Details

Chronology

1922 - 1928: Career position - Assistant, Watheroo Magnetic Observatory
1924: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc (hons)), University of Western Australia
1927: Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Western Australia
1931: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
1931 - 1934: Career position - Observer-in-charge, Huacayo Magnetic Observatory, Peru
1934 -: Career position - Research physicist, EMI Ltd, United Kingdom
c. 1950: Career position - Director, Valve Division, EMI Electronics Ltd.

Related Corporate Bodies

Watheroo Magnetic Observatory (1919 - 1957)
Assistant 1922 - 1928

Published resources

Resources

'Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston (1901-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476172. Details

Resource Sections

'Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston', 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/P001617p.htm. Details

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 November 2025

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