Person
Wheatley, Frederick William (1871 - 1955)
- Born
- 7 June 1871
Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 14 November 1955
Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician and Physicist
Summary
Frederick Wheatley worked with Professor Townsend at Oxford 1912-1914 while studying for his BSc. During the war he worked as a cryptographer and taught at the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay. He was Headmaster of the College 1920-1930.
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Frederick William Wheatley - Records, 1912 - 1914, MS 041; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Australian War Memorial Research Centre
- Frederick William Wheatley - Records, 1914 - 1918; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Book Sections
- Hyslop, Robert, 'Wheatley, Frederick William (1871-1955), headmaster and cryptographer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 452-453. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120507b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537947. Details
- 'Wheatley, Frederick William (1871-1955)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462607. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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