Biographical entry Lyle, Thomas Ranken (1860 - 1944)

Summary

(Sir) Thomas Ranken Lyle was Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne 1889-1914, chairman of the Board of the Melbourne Observatory 1903-44, a scientific advisor to the Naval Board 1914-18, and president of the Australian National Research Council 1929-32.

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Thomas Ranken Lyle - Records, 1896 - 1944, MS 24; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne

• Audio of interview with Thomas Rankin Lyle, P000585; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details

Private hands (Lyle, T.R.)

• Thomas Ranken Lyle - Records, 1860 - 1944; Private hands (Lyle, T.R.). Details

State Electricity Commission of Victoria Archives

• Thomas Ranken Lyle - Records, 1919 - 1937; State Electricity Commission of Victoria Archives. Details

University of Adelaide, Physics Department

• Thomas Ranken Lyle - Records, 1944, 85.174 (1426); University of Adelaide, Physics Department. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Home, R. W., 'Lyle, Sir Thomas Ranken (1860-1944), Mathematical Physicist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 172-174. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100170b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Grant, Kerr, 'Obituary: Sir Thomas Ranken Lyle', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 6, no. 6, 1944, pp. 174-176. Details

Online Resources

• 'Lyle, Thomas Ranken - Ms 24', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms024.html. Details
• 'Lyle, Thomas Ranken', 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/P000585p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Lyle, Thomas Ranken', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474294. 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=P000585. Details
• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000585. Details