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Authorised form of nameWhite; Sir; Frederick William George (1905 - 1994)
Dates1905 - 1994
NationalityNew Zealand
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Date of birth26/05/1905
Place of deathMelbourne, Australia
Date of death17/08/1994
Research fieldPhysics
Ionosphere
ActivityEducation:
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)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1966
Age at election60
SourceSources:
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
CodeNA7172
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
PB/7/2/4/14/4Correspondence with colleagues in Australia, re Blackett's visit to New Zealand and Asutralia, 1966June-October 1966
EC/1966/32White, Frederick William George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004866White, Sir Frederick William Georgend
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