Person
Martin, Florence (1867 - 1957)
- Born
- 25 December 1867
Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 27 October 1957
Denver, Colorado, United States of America - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Florence Martin studied at the University of Sydney and did research with R. Threlfall 1892-1893 and 1896-1898, publishing several papers. She also worked at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Her work in physics ended in 1899 when she took over the care of her mother.
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Florence Martin - Records, 1882 - 1903, ML MSS 2425; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
University of Sydney, Archives
- Florence Martin - Records, 1891 - 1898, P 28; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Home, R. W., 'Martin, Florence (1867-1957), Physicist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 10 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), p. 427. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100417b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537603. Details
- 'Martin, Florence (1867-1957)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468344. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Martin, Florence', 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/P001282p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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