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Williams, Sydney Ernest (1910 - 1979)

Physicist

Born: 18 December 1910 England. Died: 26 April 1979.

Sydney Ernest Williams was a lecturer in physics at the University of Western Australia 1940-48, senior lecturer 1948-61 and Reader 1961-75.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1932 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1936 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Bristol, UK
1936 - 1937 Research Fellow at Mount Stromlo Observatory in the Australian Capital Territory
1937 - 1940 Research Fellow at the University of Sydney
1940 - 1948 Lecturer in Physics at the University of Western Australia
1948 - 1961 Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Western Australia
1961 - 1975 Reader in Physics at the University of Western Australia

Online Sources

'Williams, Sydney Ernest', 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/P001844p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 24 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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