Person

Cruickshank, Fletcher Donaldson (1908 - 1990)

Born
3 July 1908
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died
October 1990
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Fletcher Cruickshank worked in the physics department at the University of Tasmania from 1930-1973, rising through the ranks from senior demonstrator to reader. He helped in the Optical Munitions Panel during World War II. After the war he continued in optical research and collaborated with Waterworth Brothers.

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Born Hobart, 3 July 1908. Died October 1990. Educated University of Tasmania (BSc 1930, DSc 1946). Senior demonstrator in physics, University of Tasmania 1930, assistant lecturer 1930-35, lecturer 1936-47, senior lecturer 1948, associate professor 1949-61, reader 1962-73.

Chronology

1946
Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne
1962 - 1973
Career position - Reader in Physics, University of Tasmania

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Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Journal Articles

  • McAulay, A. L. and Cruickshank, F. D., 'The male meiotic cycle in the genus Eucalyptus', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1937 (1938), 41-5. Details
  • McAulay, A. L., Cruickshank, F. D. and Brett, R. G., 'Chromosome numbers of Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus johnstoni', Nature, 138 (1936), 550-1. https://doi.org/10.1038/138550b0. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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