Person
Webster, Hugh Colin (1905 - 1979)
CMG
- Born
- 24 October 1905
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 28 December 1979
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Hugh Webster was Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland from 1949 to 1970, having commenced teaching Biophysics and Radiation Physics there in 1937. His earlier research work in radiophysics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, was recognised during the Second World War when he was seconded as a research physicist to the CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory. He also served as a scientific liaison officer to the United Kingdom, and this service was recognised when he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1959.
Details
Chronology
- 1926
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Tasmania
- 1928
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1928 - 1930
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship [Physics. - The hard secondary γ-radiation emitted by elements bombarded by α-particles. The capture of electrons by α-particles. University of Cambridge]
- 1930 - 1931
- Career position - Researcher, University of Cambridge
- 1931 - 1932
- Career position - Stipendiary Research Student and Hon. Assistant Lecturer in Physics, University of Bristol
- 1932
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- 1933 - 1937
- Career position - Research Physicist, Radio Research Board of Australia
- 1937 - 1947
- Career position - Lecturer in Biophysics (later Radiation Physics), University of Queensland
- 1940 - 1945
- Career position - Research physicist, Radiophysics Laboratory CSIR
- 1941
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Tasmania
- 1941 - 1943
- Career position - Scientific Liaison Officer, UK
- 1947 - 1949
- Career position - Associate Professor in Radiation Physics, University of Queensland
- 1949 - 1970
- Career position - Professor of Physics, University of Queensland
- 1956 - 1957
- Career position - Vice-President, Australian Branch, Institute of Physics
- 1958 - 1959
- Career position - President, Australian Branch, Institute of Physics
- 1 Jan 1959
- Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Services to the Federal Government
- 1964 - 1970
- Career position - Chairman, Radio Research Board
- 1970
- Life event - Retired
- 1970 - 1972
- Career position - Counsellor (Scientific), Australian Embassy, Washington, USA
- 1970 - 1979
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Overseas Scholarship - Entry No.47. Details
- Webster, H. C., A history of the Physics Department of the University of Queensland ([Brisbane]: [University of Queensland?], 1977), 47, ix pp. Details
Resources
- 'Webster, H C (1905-1979)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-572750. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Webster, Hugh Colin', 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/P001839p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 October 2026
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