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Nimmo, Robert Rutherford (1902 - 1982)

Physicist

Born: 17 October 1902 Dunedin, New Zealand. Died: 19 July 1982 Dunedin, New Zealand.

Robert Rutherford Nimmo worked as a physicist and lecturer in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. During his career he (co-) authored at least five scientific articles.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1925 Master of Science (MSc) completed at Otago University College, New Zealand
1926 - 1929 1851 Exhibition Scholar
1929 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1929 - 1939 Lecturer in Physics at the University of Western Australia
1939 - 1943 Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK
1943 - 1945 Worked at Manhattan Project in the United States of America
1943 - 1948 Lecturer in Physics at the University of Birmingham
1948 - 1968 Professor of Physics at the University of Otago in New Zealand

Online Sources

'Nimmo, Robert Rutherford', 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/P001771p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 25 August 2005

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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