Person
Lewis, Neil Bannatyne (1902 - 1984)
- Born
- 20 June 1902
Derby, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 1 December 1984
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Neil Lewis was Head of the research department at Kodak (Australasia) Ltd. from 1930 to 1967. He wrote at least three articles in the field of physics throughout his career.
Details
Chronology
- 1923
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1924 - 1926
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship [Physical Chemistry. - The nature of the solution of beryllium hydroxide in aqueous solutions of beryllium salts. University of Oxford]
- 1926
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), Oxford University, UK
- 1926 - 1927
- Career position - Rockefeller Fellow, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- 1927 - 1930
- Career position - Physicist on the Imperial Geophysical Experimental Survey
- 1930 - 1967
- Career position - Head of the Research Department at Kodak (Australasia) Ltd.
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Sibling
Published resources
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Overseas Scholarship - Entry No.17. Details
Resources
- 'Lewis, Neil Bannatyne (1902-1984)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473812. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Lewis, Neil Bannatyne', 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/P001724p.htm. Details
See also
- Anderson, Katharine, 'An "experimental" instrument: testing the torsion balance in Britain, Canada and Australia', Annals of science, 76 (1) (2019), 58-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/00033790.2019.1578897. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
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