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Biographical entry Andrew, Henry Martyn (1845 - 1888)
- Born
- 3 January 1845
Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England - Died
- 18 September 1888
- Occupation
- Mathematician and Headmaster
Summary
Henry Andrew graduated from St John's College, Cambridge 1872, became Headmaster of Wesley College, Melbourne 1875-1882 and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne 1882-1888. He had taken his first degree at the University of Melbourne in 1864.
Details
Events
- 1864
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1864 - 1868
- Career position - Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Melbourne
- 1865 - 1866
- Career position - Assistant to R. L. J. Ellery at the Melbourne observatory
- 1866 - 1868
- Career position - Resident Master at Wesley College, Melbourne
- 1868 - 1872
- Education - Studied mathematics at St John's College, Cambridge University, UK
- 1872
- Career position - Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, UK
- 1873 - 1875
- Career position - Second Master at Wesley College
- 1875 - 1882
- Career position - Headmaster at Wesley College
- 1882 - 1888
- Career position - Professor of Narural Philosophy at the University of Melbourne
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Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Henry Martyn Andrew - Records, 1873 - 1885; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Wesley College, Melbourne
- Henry Martyn Andrew - Records, 1875 - 1882; Wesley College, Melbourne. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Fendley, G. C., 'Andrew, Henry Martyn (1845-1888)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 33-34. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030036b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Andrew, Henry Martyn, 'Amorphous Phosphorus', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 13, Wilson & Mackinnon, Melbourne, 1878, p. 93. Details
Online Resources
- 'Andrew, Henry Martyn', 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/P000068p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Andrew, Henry Martyn', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463818. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
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