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Actions	Professor Louis Davies interviewed by Professor David Craig Remove from selection Add to selection TitleProfessor Louis Davies interviewed by Professor David Craig Reference240000038 Date1999 CreatorAustralian Academy of Science Scope and ContentProfessor Louis Davies received a BSc Hons from the University of Sydney in 1948 and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study plasma physics at Oxford University, for which he received a DPhil in 1951. Returning to Australia, he joined the Division of Radiophysics of CSIRO. In 1958 Professor Davies visited the Bell Laboratories on a Commonwealth Fund Fellowship. After returning to work at CSIRO for several years, he became chief physicist at Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) from 1960–85. He combined this position with a professorship of electrical engineering at the University of New South Wales from 1965-84. LanguageEnglish External document professor-louis-davies-1923-2001 Persons keyword David Craig, Louis Walter Davies SubjectPhysicists , Engineering, Radio, Science--History, Science--Social aspects Conditions governing accessThe Australian Academy of Science supports and encourages the use of its archive & library by making a material available to the public under Creative Commons CC BY-NC 4.0 see creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ LevelItem Hierarchy browser MS240 Conversations with Australian Scientists 1995-currentfonds contains 152 parts 240000038 Professor Louis Davies interviewed by Professor David Craig 1999Item

TitleProfessor Louis Davies interviewed by Professor David Craig

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Scope and ContentProfessor Louis Davies received a BSc Hons from the University of Sydney in 1948 and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study plasma physics at Oxford University, for which he received a DPhil in 1951. Returning to Australia, he joined the Division of Radiophysics of CSIRO. In 1958 Professor Davies visited the Bell Laboratories on a Commonwealth Fund Fellowship. After returning to work at CSIRO for several years, he became chief physicist at Amalgamated Wireless Australasia (AWA) from 1960–85. He combined this position with a professorship of electrical engineering at the University of New South Wales from 1965-84.

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Persons keyword David Craig, Louis Walter Davies

SubjectPhysicists , Engineering, Radio, Science--History, Science--Social aspects

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