Person
Murphy, Robert Kenneth (1887 - 1972)
- Born
- 29 July 1887
Newark, New Jersey, United States of America - Died
- 31 May 1972
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist and Chemical engineer
Summary
Robert Murphy was appointed Lecturer-in-charge of Chemistry and Head of the Science Department at the Sydney Technical College in 1915 where he established the first full professional Diploma course in Chemical Engineering in Australia. In 1951 he became part of the staff of the School of Chemical Engineering at the New South Wales University of Technology.
Details
Chronology
- 1935 - 1936
- Career position - President, Australian Chemical Institute
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Neville Albert Whiffen - Records, 1939 - 1999, MS 187; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne
- Interview with Dr. R. K. Murphy - father of chemical engineering in Australia, 1964; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Published resources
Book Sections
- Whiffen, Neville, 'Murphy, Robert Kenneth (1887-1972)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 447-448. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150519b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituaries: Francis Lovell Ward (1905-1972); Robert Kenneth Murphy (1887-1972)', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 39 (8) (1972), 234-236. Details
- Coyle, R., 'R K Murphy, Dr.Ing (Darmstadt) - pioneer of chemical engineering education in Australia', Chemical Engineering in Australia, ChE15 (2) (1990), 8-. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537503. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/33344678. Details
- 'Murphy, Robert K (1887-1972)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-559794. Details
See also
- Angyal, S. J., 'Sir Philip Baxter 1905-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (3) (1991), 183-197. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910830183. Details
- Fowler, Robert, 'Chapter 9: Chemical engineering' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 185-200. Details
- Whiffen, N. A.; Norman, J. R., '50 Years of Chemical Engineering in Australia', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 37 (July - August) (1965), N62-72. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 April 2022
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