Person
Hurley, Andrew Crowther (1926 - 1988)
FAA
- Born
- 11 July 1926
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 October 1988
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Quantum chemist and Mathematician
Summary
Andrew Hurley joined CSIRO, Section (later Division) of Chemical Physics in 1953 and remained until his death. He studied at the University of Melbourne and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was acknowledged as an expert on group theory and its uses in quantum chemistry.
Details
Born Melbourne, 11 July 1926. Died Melbourne, 14 October 1988. Educated Universities of Melbourne (MA 1949) and Cambridge (PhD 1952). CSIRO Section of Chemical Physics 1953; Fellowship, Trinity College, Cambridge 1954-56; Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1956-57; CSIRO Section (Division after 1958) of Chemical Physics 1957-87. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1972.
Related entries
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, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Books
- McCarthy, Gavan, The Records of Andrew Crowther Hurley (1926-1988) (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1989), 41 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Maslen, V. W., 'On the Contribution of A.C. Hurley to Theoretical Chemistry', International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 31 (1987), 339-343. Details
- Maslen, V. W., 'Andrew Crowther Hurley 1926-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, 14 (2) (2002), 169-192. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR02010. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66738120. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan, Andrew Crowther Hurley Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hurl/hurley.htm. Details
- 'Hurley, A C (1926-1988)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1049145. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Andrew Crowther Hurley', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Hurley-Andrew-Crowther. Details
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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