Person
Andrew, Henry Martyn (1845 - 1888)
- Born
- 3 January 1845
Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England - Died
- 18 September 1888
- Occupation
- Mathematician and Headmaster
Summary
Henry Andrew graduated from St John's College, Cambridge 1872, became Headmaster of Wesley College, Melbourne 1875-1882 and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne 1882-1888. He had taken his first degree at the University of Melbourne in 1864.
Details
Chronology
- 1864
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne
- 1864 - 1868
- Career position - Lecturer in Civil Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1865 - 1866
- Career position - Assistant to R. L. J. Ellery, Melbourne observatory
- 1866 - 1868
- Career position - Resident Master at Wesley College, Melbourne
- 1868 - 1872
- Education - Studied mathematics at St John's College, Cambridge University, UK
- 1872
- Career position - Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, UK
- 1873 - 1875
- Career position - Second Master at Wesley College
- 1875 - 1882
- Career position - Headmaster at Wesley College
- 1882 - 1888
- Career position - Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Henry Martyn Andrew - Records, 1873 - 1885; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Wesley College, Melbourne
- Henry Martyn Andrew - Records, 1875 - 1882; Wesley College, Melbourne. 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
- Fendley, G. C., 'Andrew, Henry Martyn (1845-1888), headmaster and professor' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 33-34. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030036b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Andrew, Henry Martyn, 'Amorphous Phosphorus', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 13 (1878), 93. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5725530. Details
- 'Andrew, Henry Martyn (18450103-18880918)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463818. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Andrew, Henry Martyn', 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/P000068p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 18 September 2024
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