Person

Allen, James Bernard (1870 - 1912)

Born: 19 May 1870
South Australia, Australia
Died: 13 March 1912
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation: Physicist and Civil engineer

Summary

James Allen taught mathematics and physics at the University of Adelaide 1898-1901 and at the Perth Technical College 1901-1912. Earlier he had worked as civil engineer in South Australia 1895-1897 and had been a science master at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide 1897.

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Chronology

1891: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
1894: Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney
1895 - 1897: Career position - Civil engineer in South Australia
1897: Career position - Science Master at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide
1898 - 1901: Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics, University of Adelaide
1901 - 1912: Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics at Perth Technical School

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Journal Articles

Threlfall, R.; and Allen, J. Bernard, 'Experiments on Some Electrical Properties of Purified Sulphur', Report of the seventh meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 7 (1898), 245-258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15378203. Details
Threlfall, Richard; Brearley, Joseph Henry Drapier and Allen, J.B., 'Researches on the electrical properties of pure substances. No 1. The electrical properties of pure sulphur', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 56 (1894), 32-40. Details

Resources

'Allen, James Bernard (18700519-19120313)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477296. Details

Resource Sections

'Allen, James Bernard', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001583p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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