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Ferguson, James Crighton (1905 - 1965)

Geophysicist

Born: 22 June 1905 Hampshire, England. Died: 23 August 1965 Salisbury, Rhodesia.

James Crighton Ferguson carried out electrical surveys in Australia during the early to mid 1900s. He spent most of his life working in Rhodesia.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1926 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at University College in London
1926 - 1928 Exploration Geophysicist in Rhodesia
1929 - 1930 Physicist with Imperial Geophysical Exploration Survey
1930 - 1947 Senior Geologist on the Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey
1948 - 1960 Director of the Southern Rhodesia Geological Survey

Online Sources

'Ferguson, James Crighton', 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/P001653p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 31 May 2005

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