Person
Herman, Hyman (1875 - 1962)
- Born
- 16 August 1875
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 7 June 1962
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist, Mining engineer and Engineer
Summary
Hyman Herman joined the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1895 and in 1900 was made Acting Director. He moved to Tasmania in 1904 to work at Mt. Bischoff Mine, then returned to Melbourne in 1907 where he started his own practice. In 1912 Herman returned to the Geological Survey of Victoria as Director, followed by 20 years as Engineer-in-charge Briquetting and Research, Victorian State Electricity Commission. He was a leading adviser to business and government on exploration and mining. He retired in 1940 but continued on as a Consulting Engineer.
Herman was educated at the University of Melbourne (DSc, MME, BCE) and Chairman of the State Advisory Committee on Brown Coal (Victoria 1917), on whose report the State Electricity Commission of Victoria was established; and of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.
Details
Chronology
- 1895 - 1904
- Career position - Surveyor on the Geological Survey of Victoria
- 1896
- Education - Bachelor of Civil Engineering (BCE), University of Melbourne
- 1897
- Career event - Member (MAusIMM), Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1904 - 1907
- Career position - Assistant General Manager of Mt. Bischoff Mine in Tasmania
- 1907 - c. 1912
- Career position - Private consulting practise in Melbourne
- 1912 - 1920
- Career position - Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria
- 1913
- Education - Master of Mining Engineering (MME), University of Melbourne
- 1917
- Career position - Chairman, Victorian State Advisory Committee on Brown Coal
- 1920 - 1940
- Career position - Engineer-in-charge of Briquetting and Research at the Victorian State Electricity Commission
- 1924
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1936
- Career position - Official representative at the Commonwealth Government International Chemical Engineering Conference in London
- 1936
- Career position - Official representative at the 3rd World Power conference and Congress of International Commission on Large Dams in Washington, USA
- 1938
- Award - Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Medal, awarded for outstanding service
- 1940 -
- Career position - Consulting Engineer to State Electricity Commission of Victoria
- 1940
- Life event - Retired
- 1949
- Award - Honorary Life Member (HonMAusIMM), Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Related entries
Archival resources
State Electricity Commission of Victoria Archives
- Hyman Herman - Records, 1907 - 1940; State Electricity Commission of Victoria Archives. Details
Published resources
Books
- Herman, H., Brown coal, with special reference to the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia (Melbourne: State Electricity Commission of Victoria, 1952), 612 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Spaull, Andrew, 'Herman, Hyman (1875-1962), geologist and engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 270-272. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090280b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- East, L. R. (editor), 'One hundred years of engineering in Victoria.', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6 (10) (1934), 353-420. 'Mining Engineering in Victoria' pp.413-420. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18350545. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/313410130. Details
- 'Herman, H', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1107535. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 August 2019
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