Biographical entry Cherry, Thomas Macfarland (1898 - 1966)

Summary

Thomas Cherry was Professor of Mathematics 1929-1952 and Professor of Applied Mathematics 1952-1963 at the University of Melbourne. Supervised the installation and operations of the CSIRAC computer from 1956.

Details

Born Melbourne, 21 May 1898. Died Melbourne, 21 November 1966. Kt 1965. Educated Universities of Melbourne (BA hons 1918) and Cambridge (BA 1922, PhD 1924, ScD 1950). Australian Flying Corps 1918; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1923-28; professor of mathematics, pure and mixed, University of Melbourne 1929-52, professor of applied mathematics 1952-63. Lyle medal, Australian National Research Council 1951. Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954, Fellow, Royal Society 1954. President, Mathematics Association of Victoria 1929-34, 1946-48; foundation president, Australian Mathematical Society 1956-58; foundation president, Victorian Computer Society 1961-63; president, Australian Academy of Science 1961-64.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Thomas Macfarland Cherry - Records, 1930 - 1969, MS 59; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Thomas Macfarland Cherry - Records, 1920 - 1963; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Cross, J. J., 'Cherry, Sir Thomas MacFarland (1898-1966), Professor of Mathematics', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 410-412. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130459b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Bullen, K. E., 'Thomas MacFarland Cherry', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 1, no. 2, 1967, pp. 97-107. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9670120097.htm. Details
• Grimshaw, R., 'An Analysis of the Impact of T.M. Cherry's Work on Asymptotic Expanisons', Journal of Australian Mathematical Society, Series B, vol. 30, 1988, pp. 378-388. Details
• Love, E. R., 'Obituary: Thomas MacFarland Cherry, 1898-1966', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 31, no. 11, 1969, pp. 392-395. Details
• Love, E. R., 'Thomas MacFarland Cherry', Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, vol. 9, no. 1/2, 1969, pp. 1-24. Details

Online Resources

• 'Cherry, Thomas Macfarland - Ms 59', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms059.html. Details
• 'Cherry, Thomas Macfarland', 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/P000307p.htm. Details
• Bullen, K. E., 'Thomas MacFarland Cherry 1898-1966', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/cherry.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Cherry, T M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-569267. 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=P000307. Details