Biographical entry Lamb, Horace (1849 - 1934)

Summary

(Sir) Horace Lamb was the founding Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1876-85 after which he became Professor at Owen's College Manchester 1885-1920. His treatise on the motion of fluids was highly regarded and ran into many editions.

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Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

• Horace Lamb - Records, 1885 - 1920; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

The University of Adelaide Archives

• Horace Lamb - Records, 1876 - 1885; The University of Adelaide Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

• Radok, Rainer, A Profile of Horace Lamb Arranged by R. Radok and S. Radok, James Cook University on North Queensland, Mathematics Department, Townsville, 1980. Details

Book Sections

• Potts, R. B., 'Lamb, Sir Horace (1849-1934)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 54-55. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050061b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Jenkin, J. G. and Home, R. W., 'Horace Lamb and Early Physics Teaching in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 10, no. 4, 1995, pp. 349-380. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9951040349.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Lamb, Horace', 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/P000554p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Lamb, Horace', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1087823. Details