Biographical entry Rosenhain, Walter (1875 - 1934)

Summary

Walter Rosenhain worked for the National Physical Laboratory, England 1906-1931, as Superintendent of the Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Chemistry. He won an 1851 Exhibition scholarship in 1897 and graduated DSc at the University of Melbourne in 1909.

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• John Monash - Records, 1876 - 1934, MS 1884; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Walter Rosenhain - Records, 1875 - 1934; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Davey, Christopher J., 'Rosenhain, Walter (1865-1934), Metallurgist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 450-451. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110458b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Rosenhain, Walter, 'On a Method of Determining the Specific Heat of a Liquid, Especially of Solutions', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, vol. 10, Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford, Brisbane, 1894, pp. 97-111. Details
• Rosenhain, Walter, 'Walter Rosenhain 1875-1934', Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 1, Harrison & Sons, London, 1932, pp. 353-9. Details

Online Resources

• 'Rosenhain, Walter', 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/P000759p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Rosenhain, Walter', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462187. 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=P000759. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details