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Bailey, Victor Albert (1895 - 1964)

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Physicist

Born: 18 December 1895 Alexandria, Egypt. Died: 7 December 1964 Geneva, Switzerland.

Victor Albert Bailey was employed as a demonstrator in Electrical Laboratory Oxford and occasional lecturer, Queen's College. In 1924 he was appointed as Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney. Bailey was subsequently promoted to Professor of Experimental Physics 1936-52 and Research Professor 1953-60.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1919 Bachelor of Arts in Physics (BA) completed at Queen's College, Oxford, UK
1923 Doctor of Philosophy (Dphil) completed at Queen's College, Oxford
1924 - 1936 Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney
1936 - 1952 Research Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Sydney?
1953 - 1960 Research Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney?
1955 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1955 Walter Burfitt Prize and A D Olle Award received from Royal Society of New South Wales
1961 Emeritus Professor at the University of Sydney?

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Published Sources

'Bailey, Victor Albert - Ms 32', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms032.txt. [ Details ]

'Bailey, Victor Albert', 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/P000031p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 15 March 2005

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