Person
Rosenhain, Walter (1875 - 1934)
FRS
- Born
- 24 August 1875
Berlin, Germany - Died
- 17 March 1934
Kingston, Surrey, England - Occupation
- Metallurgist
Summary
Walter Rosenhain worked for the National Physical Laboratory, England 1906-1931, as Superintendent of the Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Chemistry. He won an 1851 Exhibition scholarship in 1897 and graduated DSc at the University of Melbourne in 1909.
Related entries
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- John Monash - Records, 1876 - 1934, MS 1884; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Walter Rosenhain - Records, 1875 - 1934; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Davey, Christopher J., 'Rosenhain, Walter (1865-1934), Metallurgist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 450-451. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110458b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Rosenhain, Walter, 'On a Method of Determining the Specific Heat of a Liquid, Especially of Solutions', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 10 (1894), 97-111. Details
- Rosenhain, Walter, 'Walter Rosenhain 1875-1934', Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1 (1932), 353-9. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10393106. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/41025692. Details
- 'Rosenhain, Walter', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462187. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Rosenhain, Walter', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000759p.htm. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
- Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 February 2010
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