John Oswald Oswald NEWTON

Background

Newton, John Oswald was born on February 12, 1924 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Son of Oswald John and Rosetta Kate (Billington) Newton.

Education

Bishop Vesey"s Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, Saint Catharine"s College, Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.

Career

Junior science officer, Telecommunications Research Establishment, Great Malvern, United Kingdom, 1943-1946; Harwell fellow, AERE Harwell, 1951-1954; principal science officer, AERE Harwell, 1954-1959; senior lecturer, U. Manchester, 1959-1967; reader, U. Manchester, 1967-1970; visiting professor, U. Manchester, 1985-1986; professor nuclear physics, Department Nuclear Physics, Institute Advisory Studies Australian National U., Canberra, 1970-1989; head department, Department Nuclear Physics, Institute Advisory Studies Australian National U., Canberra, 1970-1988; emeritus professor and visiting fellow, Department Nuclear Physics, Institute Advisory Studies Australian National U., Canberra, since 1990. Visiting physicist Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1956-1958, 65-67, 76-77, 80-81. Member AINSE Council, North Ryde, New South Wales, 1986-1988.

Achievements

• John Oswald Newton has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • More than 100 pubis, in Nuclear Physics and several book chapters.

Membership

Fellow Physical Society United Kingdom, Australian Institute Physics, Australian Academy Science.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, chess, walking, music, painting.

Connections

Married Cordula Kuntze, March 1, 1952 (divorced 1962). Children: Oliver John, Rupert Anthony, Susanna Clare. Married Silva Dusan Sablich, December 24, 1964.

Father:

Oswald John Newton

Mother:

Rosetta Kate (Billington) Newton

Spouse:

Silva Dusan Sablich

Spouse:

Cordula Kuntze

child:

Rupert Anthony Newton

child:

Susanna Clare Newton

child:

Oliver John Newton