Victor Albert Bailey
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Victor Albert Bailey, 18 December 1895, Alexandria
, Egypt
- 7 December 1964, Geneva
, Switzerland
was a British-Australian physicist. He was the eldest of four surviving children of William Henry Bailey, a British Army engineer, and his wife Suzana, née Lazarus, an expatriate Romanian
linguist.
He is notable for his work in Ionospheric
physics
and population dynamics
.
Bailey was employed as a demonstrator in the Electrical Laboratory at Oxford University and occasional lecturer, at Queen's College
. In 1924, he was appointed as Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney
. Bailey was subsequently promoted to Professor of Experimental Physics 1936-52 and Research Professor 1953-60.
His DPhil thesis was entitled: The Diffusion of Ions in Gases and was supervised by John Sealy Edward Townsend the Wykeham Professor of Physics and Fellow of New College, Oxford.
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
, Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
- 7 December 1964, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
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was a British-Australian physicist. He was the eldest of four surviving children of William Henry Bailey, a British Army engineer, and his wife Suzana, née Lazarus, an expatriate Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
linguist.
He is notable for his work in Ionospheric
Ionosphere
The ionosphere is a part of the upper atmosphere, comprising portions of the mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere...
physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and population dynamics
Population dynamics
Population dynamics is the branch of life sciences that studies short-term and long-term changes in the size and age composition of populations, and the biological and environmental processes influencing those changes...
.
Bailey was employed as a demonstrator in the Electrical Laboratory at Oxford University and occasional lecturer, at Queen's College
The Queen's College, Oxford
The Queen's College, founded 1341, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Queen's is centrally situated on the High Street, and is renowned for its 18th-century architecture...
. In 1924, he was appointed as Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. Bailey was subsequently promoted to Professor of Experimental Physics 1936-52 and Research Professor 1953-60.
Early years
- 1919 Bachelor of Arts in Physics (BA) completed at Queen's College, Oxford, UK
- 1923 Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) completed at Queen's College, Oxford, UK
His DPhil thesis was entitled: The Diffusion of Ions in Gases and was supervised by John Sealy Edward Townsend the Wykeham Professor of Physics and Fellow of New College, Oxford.
Awards
- 1955 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1955 Walter Burfitt Prize and A D Olle Award received from Royal Society of New South Wales