Person
Somerville, Jack Murielle (1912 - 1964)
- Born
- 5 November 1912
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 15 October 1964
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Jack Somerville was Assistant Director of the Radiophysics Training School at the University of Sydney from 1941 to 1945. Prior to this he lectured in mathematics and physics at New England University College in Armidale, New South Wales.
Skip to
Details
Chronology
- 1934
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1936
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1937
- Career position - Research Assistant in Physics, University of Sydney
- 1938 - 1953
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at New England University College in Armidale, New South Wales
- 1941 - 1945
- Career position - Assistant Director of the Radiophysics Training School, University of Sydney
- 1953
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
- 1953 - 1964
- Career position - Professor of Physics at New England University College
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Somerville, J. M., 'Obituary: Dr. Edgar Harold Booth', Australian Journal of Science, 27 (1) (1964), 15-16. Details
Resources
- 'Somerville, Jack Murielle (1912-1964)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475025. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Somerville, Jack Murielle', 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/P001810p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
- Foundation Supporter - Committee to Review Australian Studies in Tertiary Education