Person
Greenwood, John Neill (Neill) (1894 - 1981)
- Born
- 12 December 1894
England - Died
- 30 August 1981
- Occupation
- Metallurgist
Summary
Neill Greenwood held chairs in Metallurgy and Applied Science at the University of Melbourne 1924-1964.
Details
Chronology
- 1927
- Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 1968
- Award - Doctor of Applied Science (DAppSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- John Neill Greenwood - Records, 1894 - 1981; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Books
- McCarthy, Gavan, The Papers of John Neill Greenwood (1894-1981) (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1987), 16 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Rasmussen, Carolyn, 'Greenwood, John Neill' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greenwood-john-neill-12564. Details
- Rasmussen, Carolyn, 'A Metallurgist Looks at Russia: Professor J. Neill Greenwood and the Soviet Union' in Political Tourists: Australian Travellers to the Soviet Union in the 1920s-1940s, Fitzpatrick, S and Rasmussen, C, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2008), pp. 78 - 101. Details
Journal Articles
- Greenwood, J. Neill, 'Recent advances in the knowledge of engineering materials', Commonwealth Engineer, 21 (1) (1933), 5-6. Details
- Greenwood, John Neill, 'Some fluctuating stress tests on mild steel (Lecture & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1931-1932 (1933), 16-18. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24752. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24087771. Details
- John Neill Greenwood Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/gree/gree.htm. Details
- 'Greenwood, J Neill', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-549538. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DSc, 1927', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1968', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Greenwood, John Neill', 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/P000456p.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_g.html. Details
- Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (4) (1987), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870640507. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 April 2022
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