Person
Sutherland, Douglas Macnicol (1911 - 2010)
- Born
- 13 January 1911
Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 26 November 2010
Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist and Radio engineer
Summary
Douglas Sutherland spent around fourteen years with Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA), and was Works Manager at the AW Valve Co from 1951 to 1964.
Details
Chronology
- 1933
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1935 - 1937
- Career position - Research Physicist, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) Research Laboratory
- 1938 - 1946
- Career position - Research Physicist, AWA Ltd. Valve Co.
- 1946 - 1951
- Career position - Chief Engineer, AW Valve Co.
- 1951 - 1964
- Career position - Works Manager, AW Valve Co.
- 1965
- Education - Master of Engineering (ME), University of Melbourne [Thesis: "An electron-optical study of a picture tube gun (and) collected papers"]
- 1965 - 1976
- Career position - Microelectronics Manager, AWA Ltd.
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- The Radiophysics Laboratory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, A Textbook of Radar (Sydney; London: Angus & Robertson, 1947), 579 pp. Author of Chapter 3. Details
Resources
- 'Sutherland, Douglas Macnicol (1911-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475547. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Sutherland, Douglas Macnicol', 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/P001818p.htm. Details
Theses
- Sutherland, Douglas McN., 'An electron-optical study of a picture tube gun (and) collected papers', ME thesis, University of Melbourne, 1964, 113 pp, https://librarysearch.unimelb.edu.au/permalink/61UMB_INST/pia82j/alma991037560749709604. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 27 August 2026
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