Person

Lamb, Horace (1849 - 1934)

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Born
27 November 1849
Stockport, Cheshire, England
Died
4 December 1934
Cambridge, England
Occupation
Mathematician

Summary

Sir Horace Lamb was the founding Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1876-1885 after which he became Professor at Owen's College Manchester 1885-1920. His treatise on the motion of fluids was highly regarded and ran into many editions.

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Chronology

1876
Career event - Elected as a Member, Adelaide Philosophical Society
1876 - 1885
Career Position - Foundation Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide
1883 - 1884
Career Position - President, Royal Society of South Australia
1885 - 1920
Career Position - Professor, Owen's College, Manchester, United Kingdom

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Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

  • Horace Lamb - Records, 1885 - 1920; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

The University of Adelaide Archives

  • Horace Lamb - Records, 1876 - 1885; The University of Adelaide Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Radok, Rainer, A Profile of Horace Lamb Arranged by R. Radok and S. Radok (Townsville: James Cook University on North Queensland, Mathematics Department, 1980). Details

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Conference Papers

  • Holland, Julian, 'Scientific Instruments for Sydney University in the 19th Century', in Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 edited by Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton (Canberra: Australian Science Archives Project, 1995), pp. 83-86.. https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/confs/recovering/holland.htm. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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