Person
Seaton, Stuart Luman (1906 - 2006)
- Born
- 16 November 1906
Kirkwood, Missouri, United States of America - Died
- 21 June 2006
Hampton, Virginia, United States of America - Occupation
- Geophysicist
Summary
Stuart Seaton was an American scientist who spent three years in Australia as an assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia (1935-1938).
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Chronology
- 1922 - 1929
- Career position - Electrical Design Draftsman at Potomac Electrical Power Co. in Washington, USA
- 1929 - 1946
- Magnetic Observer with the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
- 1932 - 1934
- Education - Studied at the University of Maryland, USA
- 1935 - 1938
- Career position - Assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia
- 1942
- Career position - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Alaska, USA
- 1946 - 1948
- Career position - Physicist with the US Department of the Air Force
- 1948 - 1950
- Career position - Director of the Geophysics Institute, University Alaska
- 1949
- Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Alaska
- 1950 - 1954
- Career position - President of Geosciences Incorporated
- 1954 - 1957
- Career position - Geophysics consultant
- 1957 - 1962
- Career position - Consultant to the US Continental Army Command at Fort Monroe
- 1962 - 1972
- Career position - Technical Assistant in the Instrument Research Division at the NASA Langley Research Center, USA
Published resources
Resources
- 'Seaton, Stuart Luman (1906-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473855. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Seaton, Stuart Luman', 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/P001803p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
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