Freeman, Joan (1918-1998)

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Physicist
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-754071

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In 1976 Joan Freeman became the first woman to be awarded the British Institute of Physics' Rutherford Medal. She began her career at CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, working on the production of a 10cm microwave radar set, and spent most of her working life at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.

Freeman was educated at the University of Sydney, where she completed a Bachelor of Science in 1939 and Master of Science in 1943.

She worked with the CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory 1941-46; the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge 1946-51; and the Van de Graaff Accelerator Group, Harwell Nuclear Physics Division 1951-78.

Freeman was awarded the Rutherford Medal, British Institute of Physics, in 1976.

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Joan Freeman began her career at CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, working on the production of a 10cm microwave radar set. She spent most of her working life at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.

  • 1939 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
  • 1941 - 1946 Career position - CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Radiophysics Laboratory
  • 1943 Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
  • 1946 - 1951 Career position - Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, UK
  • 1951 - 1978 Career position - Van de Graaff Accelerator Group at Harwell Nuclear Physics Division
  • 1976 Award - Rutherford Medal received from the British Institute of Physics

View the full record at Encyclopedia of Australian Science

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Dr. Joan Freeman (Address for the Gordon Godfrey Inaugural Lecture - May 1993)WiSeNet 32 July : Dr. Joan Freeman (Address for the Gordon Godfrey Inaugural Lecture - May 1993)
    [1993]
    Series: http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/jfreeman.htm
  2. A Passion for Physics; Joan FreemanAustralasian Science 2 Winter 64 : A Passion for Physics; Joan Freeman
    Sherratt, Tim
    [1993]
  3. A Passion for Physics; Joan FreemanBright Sparcs Exhibition : A Passion for Physics; Joan Freeman
    Sherratt, Tim
    [1993]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_freeman.htm
  4. A Passion for Physics: The Story of a Woman Physicist
    Freeman, Joan
    [1991]
    Published: Institute of Physics Publishing
  5. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  6. National Archives of Australia, National Office: Dr Joan M Freeman (1945 - 1954)
    PH/FRE/5C
  7. National Archives of Australia, National Office: Dr Joan M Freeman (1947 - 1948)
    PH/FRE/5D

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Cross-National Careers: the Interchange of Women Scientists to and From AustraliaAustralia in the world: perceptions and possibilities: papers from the Outside Images of Australia Conference, Perth, 1992 Don Grant and Graham Seal : Cross-National Careers: the Interchange of Women Scientists to and From Australia
    Allen, Nessy
    [1992]
    Published: Black Swan Press
  2. A Textbook of Radar
    The Radiophysics Laboratory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
    [1947]
    Published: Angus & Robertson
  3. In Memory: Joan Freeman, a Passionate Physicist, 1918-1998WISENET Journal 48 July : In Memory: Joan Freeman, a Passionate Physicist, 1918-1998
    [1998]
    Series: http://www.wisenet-australia.org/issue48/obits.htm
  4. Dr. Joan Freeman (Address for the Gordon Godfrey Inaugural Lecture - May 1993)WISENET Journal 32 July : Dr. Joan Freeman (Address for the Gordon Godfrey Inaugural Lecture - May 1993)
    [1993]
    Series: http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/jfreeman.htm
  5. Joan Freeman - an Australian Nuclear PhysicistWISENET Journal 20 September : Joan Freeman - an Australian Nuclear Physicist
    Allen, Nessy
    [1989]
    Series: http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/freeman.htm
  6. A Passion for Physics: the Story of a Woman Physicist
    Freeman, Joan
    [1991]
    Published: Adam Hilger

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