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Stibbs, Douglas Walter Noble (Walter) (1919 - )
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Astronomer and Astrophysicist
Born: 17 February 1919  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Douglas Walter N. (Walter) Stibbs spent his early career in Australia, working at the Mount Stromlo Observatory from 1940-42 and 1945-51 and lecturing in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at New England University College, Armidale (now University of New England) from 1942-45. After 30 years at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, as Napier Professor of Astronomy and Director of the University Observatory, he returned to Mount Stromlo in 1990 as a Visiting Fellow. During his first period at Mount Stromlo he participated in early optical munitions work, designing folded optics for a gun sight and a sun compass for use by tanks in desert warfare.
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Chronology
1940 - 1942Resident Assistant at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory
1942Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1942 - 1945Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at New England University College in Armidale, New South Wales
1943Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1945 - 1951Scientific Officer and Senior Scientific Officer at Mount Stromlo Observatory in Canberra
1954Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) completed at the University of Oxford, UK
1955 - 1959Principal Scientific Officer with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
1956Johnson Memorial Prize and Gold Medal for Advancement of Astronomy and Meteorology received from the University of Oxford
1959 - 1989Napier Professor of Astronomy and Director of the University Observatory, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
1987 - 1989Senior Professor Senatus Academicus at the University of St Andrews
1990 - Visiting Fellow at the Astrophysical Theory Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University
1990 - Visiting Fellow at Mount Stromlo & Siding Springs Observatories, Australian National University
1990 - Professor Emeritus at the University of St Andrews

 
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