Biographical entry Burhop, Eric Henry Stoneley (1911 - 1980)

Summary

Eric Henry S. Burhop taught mathematics and physics from 1945 at University College, London and was Professor of Physics 1960-78. He worked on the Manhattan Project, USA 1945-50, won the Lenin Peace Prize 1972 and was President, World Federation of Scientific Workers 1971-80.

Details

Born Hobart, 31 January 1911. Died London, 22 January 1980. Educated Universities of Melbourne (BSc 1931, BA 1932, MSc 1933) and Cambridge (PhD 1938). 1851 Exhibition scholar 1933-35; lecturer in natural philosophy, University of Melbourne 1936-42; officer-in-charge, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Radio Research Laboratory 1942-ca 1943, University of Melbourne ca 1943-44; Manhattan Project, United States of America 1944-45; lecturer, later reader, in mathematics, University College London 1945-50; reader in physics 1950-60; professor 1960-78. Fellow, Royal Society 1963; Joliot-Curie medal, World Peace Council 1966; Lenin Peace Prize 1972; Bulgaria's Order of Cyril and Methodius 1973; Rutherford Memorial lecturer, Royal Society 1979. Founding member, Australian Association of Scientific Workers 1939; involved in the founding of the Pugwash conferences; founder, British Society for Social Responsibility in Science 1969; President, World Federation of Scientific Workers 1971-80.

Archival resources

National Archives of Australia, National Office

• Eric Henry Stoneley Burhop - Records, 1911 - 1980, A6119/XR1 50; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Eric Henry Stoneley Burhop - Records, 1911 - 1970, DeB 488; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Articles

• Sherratt, Tim, Political Fallout: Australian Scientists and the Atomic Bomb, Australasian Science, vol. Spring, 1996. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_fallout.htm. Details

Book Sections

• Home, R. W., 'Burhop, Eric Henry Stoneley (1911-1980), Professor Chemistry', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 301-302. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130339b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Eric Henry Stonely Burhop', Uni News, vol. 11, no. 26, 2002, p. 4. Details

Online Resources

• 'Burhop, Eric Henry Stoneley', 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/P000277p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Burhop, E H S', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1285188. Details

See also

• Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L., 'Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 97-107. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710097.htm. Details
• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne, Department of History, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2003, 168 pp. Details