| Authorised form of name | White; Sir; Frederick William George (1905 - 1994) |
| Dates | 1905 - 1994 |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Date of birth | 26/05/1905 |
| Place of death | Melbourne, Australia |
| Date of death | 17/08/1994 |
| Research field | Physics |
| Ionosphere |
| Activity | Education:
Wellington College; Victoria University of Wellington; Cambridge University
Career:
Studied electromagnetic waves, London; Professor of Physics, Canterbury University College, Christchurch, New Zealand (1937-1942); Chief, Division of Radiophysics (1942), the Executive Member (1946-1949) and Chief Exectuive Officer (1949-1957), CSIR; when it became CSIRO, he was Deputy Chairman (1957-1959) and Chairman (1959-1970)
Honours:
CBE 1954; KBE 1962
Memberships:
FAA (1960); Hon FRSNZ (1961)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1966 |
| Age at election | 60 |
| Source | Sources:
AE
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 495-521, plate, by H C Minnett and Sir Rutherford Robertson
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 |
| Code | NA7172 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PB/7/2/4/14/4 | Correspondence with colleagues in Australia, re Blackett's visit to New Zealand and Asutralia, 1966 | June-October 1966 |
| EC/1966/32 | White, Frederick William George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/004866 | White, Sir Frederick William George | nd |