Briggs, George Henry, 1893-1987.
George Henry Briggs papers, 1868-1983.
Oral history recording with Hazel de Berg 2 April 1979 [DeB 1120]. Family history records 1868-1877; correspondence with the Cavendish Laboratory 1924-1935 including E. Rutherford and J. D. Cockroft; correspondence concerning the National Standards Laboratory, CSIR 1938-1939 including A. C. D. Rivett, R. S. Wallace, M. L. E. Oliphant and C. D. Ellis; correspondence regarding the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission 1946-1947 including letters to A. E. V. Richardson and J. J. Dedman; retirement correspondence 1958; photographs of George and Edna Briggs 1924-1983.
Physicist. Briggs was head of the Physics Section, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), later the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), National Standards Laboratories, Sydney, Australia 1939-1945 and then Chief of the Division of Physics, CSIR/CSIRO 1945-1958. Earlier he was Lecturer in Physics at the University of Sydney 1916-1939.
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967.
Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Physics -- Research.
Interviews. aat
Photographs. aat
Sound recordings lcgft
Physicists -- Australia. lcsh
Briggs, Edna.
Dedman, J. J.
Ellis, C. D.
Richardson, A. E. V.
Rivett, A. C. D.
Wallace, R. S.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia). National Standards Laboratory.
United Nations. Atomic Energy Commission.
AIP-ICOS
National Library of Australia. Manuscripts Section. Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia