Fellows' biographical memoirs

John Jaeger was a mathematical physicist who became a major force in solid Earth geophyics and geochemistry. His most important work concerned the physics of heat flow and rock mechanics.

Professor John Kerr was a pathology researcher internationally renowned for the discovery of apoptosis, the process of cell death.

Professor John Sprent CBE FAA was a renowned parasitologist and veterinary scientist whose work elucidated the pathology, taxonomy, life cycles, zoogeography and evolution of parasites.

Professor John Carver AM FAA FTSE was a physicist and scientific administrator whose research spanned nuclear physics, atomic and molecular physics, and planetary atmospheric physics.

John Cowley contributed significantly to all of the fields that relate to electron diffraction and electron microscopy, and helped to found not a few of them. His name is associated in particular with n-beam dynamical theory, high-resolution electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy, instrumental design, and the application of the techniques of electron scattering to structure analysis.

Professor John Swan AO FAA FTSE was an accomplished organic chemist and academic leader who contributed his expertise to a variety of scientific and policy bodies.

Professor John Chappell FAA was a geoscientist whose work on Quaternary sea-level change, landscapes and climate helped to link Earth’s ice volume, sea levels and past climates.

John Oswald Newton was internationally distinguished for his work in nuclear structure and heavy-ion reactions, and played an instrumental role in enhancing Australia’s nuclear science capability.

Paul Wild was an Australian radio astronomer who pioneered solar radio research, invented new instruments, and served as Chairman of CSIRO during its modernisation.

John Philip Baxter was born on 7 May 1905 in Machynlleth, North Wales. His father, John Baxter, was the oldest of four children left fatherless at an early age. He began work as a telegraphist with the British Post Office, studied at night school to become an engineer and eventually, after a series of promotions, was in charge of the South West Region, based in Bristol.