Biographical entry Carslaw, Horatio Scott (1870 - 1954)

Summary

Horatio Scott Carslaw was Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney 1903-35. He was interested in the theory of conduction of heat.

Details

Born Helensburgh, Scotland, 12 February 1870. Died Burradoo, New South Wales, 11 November 1954. Educated Universities of Glasgow (MA 1891), Cambridge (BA 1894, MA 1898, ScD 1908) and Göttingen (1896-97). Assistant lecturer in mathematics, University of Glasgow 1896-1903, Fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1899-1905, Professor of mathematics, University of Sydney 1903-35. He was a member of the first board of examiners established under A.C. Carmichael's University (Amendment) Act 1912 and was chief examiner of mathematics for the next 30 years.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Horatio Scott Carslaw - Records, 1924 - 1944, MS 3; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
• James Thomas Wilson - Records, 1883 - 1940, MS 35; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Books

• Carslaw, H. S., The Teaching of Mathematics in Australia, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1914. Details

Book Sections

• Deakin, Michael A. B., 'Horatio Scott Carslaw, 1870-1954', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
• Jaeger, J. C., 'Carslaw, Horatio Scott (1870-1954), mathematician', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 578-579. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070583b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Jaeger, J. C., 'Horatio Scott Carslaw', Australian Mathematics Teacher, vol. 11, 1955, pp. 59-66. Details
• Jaeger, J. C., 'Horatio Scott Carslaw', London Mathematical Society, Journal, vol. 31, 1956. Details
• Smith-White, W.B., 'H. S. Carslaw - His Work in Analysis', The Australian Mathematics Teacher, vol. 11, 1955, pp. 67-68. Details

Online Resources

• 'Carslaw, Horatio Scott - Ms 3', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms003.html. Details
• 'Carslaw, Horatio Scott', 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/P000297p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Carslaw, H S', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-552881. Details

See also

• Heyde, C. C., 'Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 1, 1992, pp. 17-30. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920910017.htm. Details
• Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958, 1958, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. Details