Person
Nimmo, Robert Rutherford (1902 - 1982)
- Born
- 17 October 1902
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand - Died
- 19 July 1982
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Robert Nimmo worked as a physicist and lecturer in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. During his career he (co-) authored at least five scientific articles.
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Chronology
- 1925
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), Otago University College, New Zealand
- 1926 - 1929
- Career position - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
- 1929
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1929 - 1939
- Career position - Lecturer in Physics, University of Western Australia
- 1939 - 1943
- Career position - Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK
- 1943 - 1945
- Career position - Worked at Manhattan Project in the United States of America
- 1943 - 1948
- Career position - Lecturer in Physics, University of Birmingham
- 1948 - 1968
- Career position - Professor of Physics, University of Otago in New Zealand
Published resources
Resources
- 'Nimmo, Robert Rutherford (1902-1982)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1090513. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Nimmo, Robert Rutherford', 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/P001771p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 September 2024
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