Person
Brose, Henry Herman Leopold Adolph (1890 - 1965)
- Born
- 15 September 1890
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- June 1965
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Biophysicist
Summary
Henry Brose held a variety of academic positions before becoming a consulting biophysicist in Sydney 1939-1965. Between 1920 and 1936 he translated a number of German physics texts into English.
Details
Chronology
- 1909
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1911 - 1912
- Career position - French Teacher at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide
- 1913
- Award - Rhodes Scholar for South Australia
- 1914 - 1919
- Life event - Civilian prisoner in Germany
- 1919
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA), University of Oxford, UK
- 1925
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (Dphil), University of Oxford
- 1926
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Sydney
- 1927 - 1931
- Career position - Assistant Professor of Physics at University College in Nottingham, UK
- 1931
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide
- 1931 - 1936
- Career position - Professor of Physics at University College Nottingham
- 1936 - 1938
- Career position - Research Scientist for the Cancer Research Committee, University of Sydney
- c. 1939 - c. 1965
- Career position - Australian Agent for Bioglan Laboratories Ltd., UK
- 1939 - 1965
- Career position - Consulting Biophysicist in Sydney
- 1940 - 1943
- Life event - Interned in New South Wales and Victoria
Archival resources
Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide
Published resources
Book Sections
- Jenkin, John, 'Brose, Henry Herman Leopold (1890-1965), scientist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 269-270. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130304b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Jenkin, John, 'Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose: Vagaries of an Extraordinary Australian Scientist', Historical Records of Australian Science, 12 (3) (1999), 287-312. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9991230287. Details
- Jenkin, John, 'Henry L. Brose: an extraordinary Australian physicist', The Physicist, 37 (3) (2000), 60-65. Details
- König, Heidi, 'General Relativity in the English-Speaking World: the Contributions of Henry L. Brose', Historical Records of Australian Science, 17 (2) (2006), 169-195, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06007. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5718700. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/39454557. Details
- 'Brose, Henry L (1890-1965)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1310073. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/bros/brose.htm. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Brose, Henry Leopold Adolf', 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/P000267p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 December 2010
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