Background
THONEMANN, Peter was born on June 3, 1917 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Frederick Emil and Mabel Jessie Thonemann.
physicist and emeritus professor
THONEMANN, Peter was born on June 3, 1917 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of Frederick Emil and Mabel Jessie Thonemann.
University of Melbourne and Sydney and Trinity College, Oxford.
Fellow, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford (proposed principles and initiated research for a fusion reactor) 1946-1949. Head of Research on Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions, A.E.R.E., Harwell 1949-1960, Deputy Director, Culham Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Authority 1965-1966. Professor, of Physics and Head of Department, University College, of Swansea 1968-1984.