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Biographical entry Bowden, Frank Philip (1903 - 1968)
FRS
- Born
- 2 May 1903
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 3 September 1968
Cambridge, England - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Frank Philip Bowden was Professor of Surface Physics, University of Cambridge and Director of Surface Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory.
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Born Hobart, 2 May 1903. Died Cambridge, 3 September 1968. CBE 1956. Educated Universities of Tasmania (BSc 1925, MSc 1927, DSc 1931) and Cambridge (PhD 1929, ScD 1938). Research scholar, University of Tasmania 1926; 1851 Exhibition Scholar 1927-28, senior scholar 1929-31; demonstrator in chemistry, University of Cambridge 1931-37, lecturer in physical chemistry 1937-39; Officer-in-charge, Lubricants & Bearings Section, CSIR, Melbourne 1939-45; reader, physical chemistry, Cambridge 1946-57, reader in physics 1957-66, professor of surface physics 1966-68. FRS 1948, Rumford Medal 1956.
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Book Sections
- McLaren, Alex C.; Spink, J. A., 'Bowden, Frank Philip (1903-1968), Chemist and Physical Chemist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 228-229. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130259b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Spink, J. A., 'Frank Philip Bowden - Scientific Entrepreneur', Chemistry in Australia, May, 1989, pp. 157-160. Details
Online Resources
- 'Bowden, Frank Philip', 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/P000247p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Bowden, Frank Philip', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-795008. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000247. Details
- Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 507-517. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640507.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 July 2006
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