Person
Hosking, Richard (1877 - 1971)
- Born
- 1 May 1877
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 May 1971
Brighton, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Teacher and Physicist
Summary
Richard Hosking was a physicist and physics teacher who wrote at least five scientific articles.
Details
Chronology
- 1894 - 1897
- Education - Bachelor of Science? (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1902 - 1905
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship [Physics. - The fluidity and electrical conductivity of solutions. Viscosity of liquids at high rates of shear. Universities of Cambridge and Sydney]
- 1903 - 1905
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy? (PhD), University of Sydney
- 1904
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1905 - 1910
- Career position - Physics Master at Sydney Grammar School
- 1911 - 1922
- Career position - Professor of Physics, Royal Military College, Duntroon
- 1913
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1924 - 1939
- Career position - Science Instructor, later Principal Education Officer, Royal Australian Air Force, Point Cook
- 1940
- Career position - Physicist with Munitions Supply Laboratories, Maribyrnong
- 1940 - 1942
- Career position - Consulting Physicist, J.W Handley & Co. (Makers of optical instruments for Defence Departments)
- 1945
- Career position - Consulting Physicist, Royal Australian Air Force
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Science Research Scholarship - Entry No.191. Details
Book Sections
- Coulthard-Clark, C.D., 'Hosking , Richard (1877-1971), physicist and teacher' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 501-502. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hosking-richard-10551. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537328. Details
- 'Hosking, Richard (1877-1971)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468785. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Hosking, Richard', 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/P001699p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 October 2026
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