Person

Ferguson, James Crighton (1903 - 1965)

Born: 22 June 1903
Woolston, Hampshire, England
Died: 23 August 1965
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Occupation: Geophysicist

Summary

Jim Ferguson carried out electrical surveys in Australia during the early to mid 1900s. He spent most of his life working in Rhodesia.

Details

Chronology

1926: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University College in London
1926 - 1928: Career position - Exploration Geophysicist in Rhodesia
1929 - 1930: Career position - Physicist with Imperial Geophysical Exploration Survey
1930 - 1947: Career position - Senior Geologist on the Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey
1948 - 1960: Career position - Director of the Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey

Published resources

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q57833586. Details
'Ferguson, James Crighton (1903-1965)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473218. Details

Resource Sections

'Ferguson, James Crighton', 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/P001653p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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