Person

McCarthy, Ian Ellery (1930 - 2005)

FAA FAIP FAPS

Born: 19 June 1930
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 23 April 2005
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation: Mathematical physicist

Summary

Ian Ellery McCarthy was Professor of Physics at Flinders University in South Australia for nearly thirty years (1968-1996). Prior to this he held Professorships at two universities in the United States of America. Throughout his career McCarthy worked in several distinct areas of theoretical physics. He was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 1982 and was also a Fellow of the American Physical Society (FAPS) and the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP). Ian McCarthy presented invited papers at a number of international conferences and was (co)-author of numerous peer-reviewed publications.

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Chronology

1952: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
1956: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide
1956 - 1960: Career position - Postdoctoral research, Universities of Cambridge (UK), Minnesota (USA) and California (USA)
1960 - 1963: Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecture in Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide
1963 - 1964: Career position - Associate Professor of Physics, University of California in Davis, USA
1965 - 1967: Career position - Professor of Physics, University of Oregon, USA
1968 - 1996: Career position - Professor of Physics at Flinders University in South Australia
1982 -: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Fellow 1982 - 2005

Published resources

Journal Articles

'Obituary: Ian McCarthy', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter, 62 (2005), 11. http://www.science.org.au/newsletters/aas62.pdf. Details
Thomas, Anthony W.; Afnan, Iraj R.; and Tandy, Peter C., 'Ian Ellery McCarthy 1930-2005', Historical Records of Australian Science, 19 (2) (2008), 161-89, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR08010. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59627137. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/114335606. Details
'McCarthy, I E (1930-2005)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-504186. Details

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