Person
Wait, George Ray (1886 - 1953)
- Born
- 7 September 1886
Chase, Kansas, United States of America - Died
- 9 April 1953
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America - Occupation
- Physicist and Teacher
Summary
George Wait worked for the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA from 1920 to 1951. As part of this role he was sent to Western Australia as Observer-in-charge at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory (1921-1924).
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Chronology
- 1913 - 1914
- Career position - Assistant Instructor at the Kansas State Teachers College
- 1914
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Kansas State Teachers College
- 1914 - 1916
- Career position - Science Teacher in North Dakota, USA
- 1917
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), State University in Iowa, USA
- 1920
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), State University, Iowa
- 1920 - 1951
- Career position - Research Physicist in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
- 1921 - 1924
- Career position - Observer-in-charge, Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia
Published resources
Resources
- 'Wait, George Ray (1886-1953)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475427. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Wait, George Ray', 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/P001834p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 1 March 2018
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