Person
Hercus, Eric Oswald (1891 - 1962)
- Born
- 23 June 1891
Dunedin, New Zealand - Died
- 30 June 1962
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Eric Hercus was a senior lecturer in Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne 1919-1931, and an associate professor 1931-1956. He was interested in the measurement of heat.
Details
Chronology
- c. 1912
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Otago, New Zealand
- 1914 -
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship
- 1914
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), Victoria College in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1914 - 1915
- Education - Studied (Doctor of Philosophy?), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1916 - 1918
- Career position - Lieutenant with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- 1919
- Education - Studied (Doctor of Philosophy?), University of Cambridge
- 1923 - 1931
- Career position - Lecturer in Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne
- 1928
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1931 - 1956
- Career position - Associate Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Eric Oswald Hercus - Records, 1909 - 1958; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Exhibition Papers, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/exhib_papers.htm. Details
- The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/omp.htm. Details
Book Sections
- Home, R. W., 'Hercus, Eric Oswarld (1891-1962), Physicist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 439-440. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140506b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537401. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/8892009. Details
- 'Hercus, Eric Oswald', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471043. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Hercus, Eric Oswald', 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/P000490p.htm. Details
- 'Hercus, Eric Oswald', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/hercus.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_h.html. Details
- Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist (1990). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. Details
- Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958 (1958). http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 24 October 2024
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