Geoffrey Wickham
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Geoffrey Gordon Wickham
Geoffrey was born in 1933 in
Wickham had no formal engineering training, finishing High School at Year 8 to commence work as a radio and electrical repairman. At age 21 he passed the Year 12 examinations by night study at the
In 1964, after being co-founder of Telectronics Pty Ltd in 1963, the company was invited to participate in artificial cardiac pacemaker research in which Wickham as head of research and development and co-founder and initial financier
Subsequently, while continuing involvement in
At age 77, he was the lead co-researcher of a team at Sydney's The Children's Hospital at Westmead developing and clinically trialling a new form of therapy for a childhood condition, funded by a AUS$330,000 grant by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
He was a father of four and has 11 grandchildren.
References
- ^ Wickham, Geoffrey (1976-08-03). "Demand heart pacer with dual time bases". United States Patent 3972334. U.S. Patent Office. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ Wickham, Geoffrey (1976-10-05). "Muscle stimulator". United States Patent 3983881. U.S. Patent Office. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ Wickham, Geoffrey (1976-10-12). "Demand heart pacer with improved interference discrimination". United States Patent 3985142. U.S. Patent Office. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ "Geoffrey Gordon WICKHAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 2020-02-29.