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John Robert Philip FRS (18 January 1927, Ballarat26 June 1999, Amsterdam) was an Australian soil physicist and hydrologists, internationally recognized for his contributions to the understanding of movement of water, energy and gases. While he never performed his own experimental work, he was recognised for his skills in mathematics that could be used to explain physical processes and solve real world problems. His interests were not limited to Environmental mechanics and things mathematical, but included a keen interest in the arts. He was a published poet and a panelist on the Sulman Prize for Architecture. His poetry appears in anthologies edited by Judith Wright and in ''The Oxford Book of Australian Verse''. ==Education and positions== He was a recipient of a Scholarship for Scotch College, Melbourne, where he matriculated at age thirteen. He studied for his Bachelor of Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne (1943-1946). *Appointed to the CSIR Irrigation Research Station, Griffith. *CSIRO's Plant Industry in Deniliquin (1951). *Engineer for the Queensland Water Supply Commission. *CSIRO Division of Plant Industry. He danced around too as he later became an actor *Foundation chief of the new Centre for Environmental Mechanics (1971-1992). *Foundation director of the CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences (1980-1983). *Retired 1992. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John R. Philip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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