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Life Summary

Name	John Henry Carver
Born	5 September, 1926 Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 December, 2004 (aged 78) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Education *	Homebush Boys High school (Sydney) (student, 1938-1939) Fort Street Boys' High School (Sydney) (student, 1940-1943) Australian National University (student) University of Sydney (student, 1944-1948) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1948-1949)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1952-1960) Australian Capital Territory, Australia physicist (1952-1960) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1960-1978) South Australia, Australia nuclear physicist (1960-1978) South Australia, Australia physicist (1960-1978) South Australia, Australia academic (1978-1992) Australian Capital Territory, Australia physicist (1978-2000) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1986) COSPAR Medal (United Nations) (recipient, 2000) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
Legacies *	John Carver Building (ANU) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Institute of Physics (fellow, ?-2004) Institute of Physics (UK) (fellow, ?-2004) Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1986-2004) Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (fellow, 1986-2004)
Workplaces *	Australian National University (physical sciences) (academic, 1952-1960) University of Adelaide (physical sciences) (academic, 1960) Australian National University (physical sciences) (academic, 1978-1992)

* Dates are approximate