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Blamey, Jack W. (1914 - 1986) |
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| Physicist and Engineer | ||
| Born: 1914. Died: 13 August 1986. | ||
| Jack W. Blamey was a member of the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University from1950 to 1986. He played a major role in designing, building and running the school's Homopolar Generator. After graduating with a Master of Science (MSc) from the University of Melbourne, Blamey worked as a school teacher for a while and during World War II worked on optical aspects of munitions. After the War Blamey worked on cyclotron and proton synchroton accelerators at Birmingham with Mark Oliphant, then in 1950 he joined the Research School of Physical Sciences. He was a Visiting Fellow of the Plasma Research Laboratory from 1979 to 1986. |
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