Person
Jeffery, Cecil Nixon (1912 - 2007)
- Born
- 5 November 1912
St Ives, Cornwall, England - Died
- 24 March 2007
Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Patent examiner and Engineer
Summary
Cecil Jeffery spent over thirty years as an examiner with the Australian Patent Office. He also worked as an engineer and wrote at least two scientific publications.
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Chronology
- 1934
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1935
- Education - Diploma of Education (DipEd), University of Sydney
- 1936 - 1945
- Career position - Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)
- 1945 - 1961
- Career position - Examiner of Patents, Australian Patent Office
- 1961 - 1976
- Career position - Supervising Examiner of Patents, Australian Patent Office
- 1976
- Life event - Retired
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Jeffery, C. N., 'Aerial-splitting amplifiers', A.W.A. Technical Review, 6 (1945), 413-422. Details
- Jeffery, C. N., 'An analysis of the high-frequency operation of the cathode follower', A.W.A. Technical Review, 6 (1945), 311-323. Details
- Jeffery, C. N., 'Application of punched cards to patent searching', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 26 (6) (1954), 107-110. Details
Resources
- 'Jeffery, Cecil Nixon (1912-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473509. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Jeffery, Cecil Nixon', 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/P001707p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 May 2026
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