Person

Bishop, Arthur Ernest (1917 - 2006)

AM HonFIEAust FTSE

Born
24 October 1917
Roseville, New South Wales, Australia
Died
21 June 2006
Late of Hunters Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Arthur Bishop worked for the Department of Aircraft Production during World War II and developed landing gear steering and 'shimmy' control of military aircraft. He went on to become principal of A. E. Bishop and Associates, Sydney, now the Bishop Technology Group.

At the time of his death, Arthur Bishop held more than 300 patents in 17 countries, and one in five of the world's cars used some aspect of his variable ratio, rack and pinion power steering technologies.

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Chronology

1936
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1941 - 1945
Career position - Department of Aircraft Production Botany Annexe
1946 - 1969
Career position - Chief Engineer with L.B.L. Pty Ltd
1950
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1955 - 1956
Career position - Director of Research and Development at Houdaville Hershey Corp., USA
1956 -
Career position - Director of A. E. Bishop and Associates, Sydney (now the Bishop Technology Group)
1968 -
Career position - Principal of A. E. Bishop and Associates
1983
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1984
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - In recognition of service to mechanical engineering, particularly in the field of automobile steering technology.
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in mechanical and production engineering
2003
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia

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Published resources

Articles

Journal Articles

  • Rozycki, Jack, 'The Unknown Genius: Arthur Bishop', Australian Geographic, 68 (October-December) (2002), 118-119. Details

Reports

  • Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1983 [Sixty-fourth Annual Report] (1984), 16 pp. 'Institution Honours - Council elected Mr A E Bishop, as Honorary Fellow', p.12. Details

Resources

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'An Inventive Mind - Arthur Bishop' p.48. Details

Helen Morgan; Ken McInnes

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