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Cairns, John Edwin Ingliston (1901 - )

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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.

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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.
 
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