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Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston (1901 - )

Physicist and Company director

Born: 27 January 1901 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

John Edwin I. Cairns was assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory 1922-28 and later research physicist at EMI Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Career Highlights

Born Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 27 January 1901. Educated Universities of Western Australia (BSc 1924, MSc 1927) and Cambridge (PhD 1931). Assistant, Watheroo Magnetic Observatory 1922-28; observer-in-charge, Huacayo Magnetic Observatory, Peru 1931-34; research physicist, EMI Ltd, United Kingdom 1934-; director, Valve Division, EMI Electronics Ltd.

Online Sources

'Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston', 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/P001617p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 15 September 2004

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