Person
Phillpot, Henry Robert (1919 - 2018)
- Born
- 6 August 1919
Australia - Died
- 9 December 2018
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Meteorologist
Summary
Henry Phillpot worked at the Bureau of Meteorology for forty years, mainly in research on synoptic meteorology, with an emphasis on increasing knowledge of those aspects of meteorology in the Australian region and Southern Hemisphere which bore directly on the provision of services by the Bureau. He led the International Antarctic Analysis / Meteorological Research Centres from 1959-1969, and continued his research on Antarctic meteorology long into retirement.
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Chronology
- 1929
- Life event - Migrated to Australia
- 1936 - 1940
- Career position - Clerk, Postmaster General's Department
- 1940
- Career position - Meteorological Assistant, Central Weather Bureau (Bureau of Meteorology)
- 1941 - 1946
- Career position - Served in the RAAF Meteorological Service (commissioned 1942, flight lieutenant 1944)
- 1947
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1948
- Career position - Meteorologist. Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
- 1951 - 1958
- Career event - Provided meteorological support for the atomic weapons trials in Australia
- 1959 - 1965
- Career position - Leader, International Antarctic Analysis Centre
- 1965 - 1969
- Career position - Leader, International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre
- 1967
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1969 - 1978
- Career position - Superintendent, Synoptic Research Branch, Research and Development Division, Bureau of Meteorology
- c. 1970 - c. 1980
- Career position - Worked on the first GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Program) Global Experiment
- 1975
- Award - Award of Merit, Professional Officers Association, Commonwealth Public Service
- 1978 - 1980
- Career position - Acting Assistant Director, Research and Development Section, Bureau of Meteorology
- 1980
- Life event - Retired
- 1980 - 1993
- Career position - Honorary Senior Research Associate, University of Melbourne
- 1987 - 2018
- Career position - Founding Member, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- 1994 - 2001
- Career position - Emeritus Officer, Bureau of Meteorology
- 1999
- Award - Rio Tinto Science Hero Award
- 2001
- Life event - Retired as Emeritus Officer
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'POA Award to Henry', Weather News, 231 (November-December 1975) (1975), 10-12. Details
- 'Henry Phillpot Retires', Weather News, 251 (October 1980) (1980), 2-3. Details
- Zillman, John, 'Vale Henry Phillpot (1919 - 2018): sixty years in meteorology', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 32 (1) (2019), 10-2. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Zillman, John and Rosel, Mike, 'Henry Phillpot: meteorologist of fire and ice', Sydney Morning Herald (2019). https://www.smh.com.au/national/henry-phillpot-meteorologist-of-fire-and-ice-20190220-p50z0r.html. Details
Resources
- 'Phillpot, Henry Robert (1919-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474283. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_p.html. Details
Helen Morgan and Helen Cohn
Created: 10 May 2001, Last modified: 15 August 2019
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