Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew (1915 - )

Chronology

1937	Master of Science (MSc) completed at Auckland University College
1940 - 1941	Optical munitions work with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in New Zealand
1941	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Bristol, UK
1941 - 1945	Scientific Officer (?) at the Commonwealth Observatory
1945 - 1951	Senior Scientific Officer at the Commonwealth Observatory
1951 - 1957	Principal Scientific Officer at the Commonwealth Observatory
1951 - 1961	Reader (in Astronomy?) at the Australian National University in Canberra
1958 - 1964	President IAU Sub-Commission on the Magellanic Clouds
1961 - 1967	Assistant Director (Research) at the Australian National University
1964 - 1980	Personal Professor at the Australian National University
1966 -	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

• 'Gascoigne, Sidney Charles Bartholemew ("Ben")', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/gascoigne.htm. [ Details ]
• Crompton, Bob, Interview with Professor Ben Gascoigne, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 13 July 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/bg.htm. [ Details ]

• Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, 1990, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. [ Details ]
• Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - the Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm. [ Details ]