Person
Kleeman, Richard Daniel (1875 - 1932)
- Born
- 20 January 1875
Rowlands Flat, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 10 October 1932
Manhattan, New York, United States of America - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Richard Kleeman was a student of W. H. Bragg at the University of Adelaide and published several papers jointly with him. He later became Professor of Physics at Union College, Schenectady, New York, U.S.A.
Details
Chronology
- 1904 - 1905
- Career position - Evening lecturer and demonstrator in physics, University of Adelaide [with W. H. Bragg]
- 1904 - 1905
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Bursary
- 1905
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1905 - 1908
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship [Physics. - On the recombination of ions made by α, β, γ, and x rays. On the ionisation of various gases by α, β, and γ rays. On the secondary cathode rays emitted by substances when exposed to the γ rays. On the different kinds of γ rays and the seconday rays which they produce. On the velocity of the cathode rays ejected from substances exposed to the γ rays of radium. University of Cambridge]
- 1907
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA),University of Cambridge
- 1908
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide
- 1914 - 1920
- Career position - Assistant professor, Physics, Union College, Schenectady, New York
- 1919 - 1927
- Career position - Associate professor, Physics, Union College, Schenectady, New York
- 1920
- Publication - Book: 'A Kinetic Theory of Gases and Liquids', New York, 1920
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Collaborator
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, Melbourne, 2012, https://www.eoas.info/exhibitions/basser/basser_browse.html. Details
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Science Research Scholarship - Entry No.243. Details
Book Sections
- Jenkin, John and Home, R.W., 'Kleeman, Richard Daniel (1875-1932), physicist' in Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980, Christopher Cunneen, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2005), pp. 218-219. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kleeman-richard-daniel-13028. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537303. Details
- 'Kleeman, Richard Daniel (1875-1932)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468925. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Kleeman, Richard Daniel', 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/P000546p.htm. Details
Theses
- Kleeman, Richard Daniel, '[Collected papers for Thesis for D.Sc. degree]', DSc thesis, University of Adelaide, 1906, http://hdl.handle.net/2440/38639. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 22 April 2026
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