White, F. W. G. (Frederick William George), 1905-
F. W. G. White papers, 1931-1987.
Material relating to the Australian Academy of Science 1970-1987; metric conversion and meteorological research 1967-1976; certificates 1966-1970; the Australian Atomic Energy Commission and Antarctic research 1966-1977; early history of radar and CSIRO 1939-1984; D. F. Martyn, E. G. Bowen and M. Oliphant; the biographical memoir of Lord Casey 1977; Joint Academies Committee for the Protection of Prehistoric Places 1980-1987; personal and biographical materials 1936-1978; Ph.D. thesis 1931; correspondence with C. H. B. Priestley and V. D. Burgmann 1977-1978.
Physicist and science administrator. Professor of Physics, Canterbury University College, New Zealand 1937-1941; chief of the Division of Radiophysics, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 1942-1945; on the CSIR (later called the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization [CSIRO]) Executive 1945-1959; chief executive officer 1949-1956, and chairman 1959-1970 of CSIRO.
Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000
Australian Academy of Science
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia).
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia)
Meteorology -- Research
Metric system -- Australia.
Radar
Antarctic regions -- Research.
Physicists. lcsh
Bowen, E. G.
Burgmann, V. D.
Casey, Lord.
Martyn, David Forbes, 1906-1970.
Priestly, C. H. B.
Australian Atomic Energy Commission.
Joint Academies Committee for the Protection of Prehistoric Places (Australia).
AIP-ICOS
Australian Academy of Science. Basser Library. GPO Box 783, Canberra, ACT 2601