Person
Eirich, Frederick Roland (1905 - )
- Born
- 23 May 1905
Vienna, Austria - Occupation
- Physical chemist
Summary
Frederick Eirich was an Austrian physical chemist who worked in Europe, the United States of America and Australia. His main post in Australia was as a research officer at the Lubricants and Bearings Section of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Eirich later became distinguished professor of the Polymer Chemistry unit of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He was author of several key works.
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Chronology
- 1929
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Vienna
- 1929 - 1938
- Career position - Assistant in the Department of Colloid Chemistry at the University of Vienna
- 1938
- Career position - Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of Vienna
- 1938
- Education - Doctorate of Philosophy Habilitation (D. Phil. Habil.) received from the University of Vienna
- 1938 - 1939
- Career position - Research Associate in the Department of Colloid Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1939 - 1941
- Career position - Civilian internee in the UK and Australia
- 1941 - 1943
- Career position - Research Officer in the Lubricants and Bearings Section at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
- 1944 - 1946
- Career position - Research Associate in Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge
- 1947 - 1951
- Career position - Associate Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, USA
- 1951 - 1969
- Career position - Professor of Polymer Chemistry at Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, USA
- 1969 -
- Career position - Distinguished Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, USA
Published resources
Resources
- 'Eirich, F R (1905-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-978676. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Eirich, Frederick Roland', 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/P001644p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 28 February 2018
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