Biographical entry Herman, Hyman (1875 - 1962)

Summary

Hyman Herman joined the Geological Survey of Victoria in 1895 and in 1900 was made Acting Director. He moved to Tasmania in 1904 to work at Mt. Bischoff Mine, the returned to Melbourne in 1907 where he started his own practice. In 1912 Herman returned to the Geological Survey of Victoria as Director, followed by 20 years as Engineer-in-charge Briquetting and Research, Victorian State Electricity Commission. He was a leading adviser to business and government on exploration and mining. He retired in 1940 but continued on as a Consulting Engineer.

Herman was educated at the University of Melbourne (DSc, MME, BCE) and Chairman of the State Advisory Committee on Brown Coal (Victoria 1917), on whose report the State Electricity Commission of Victoria was established; and of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.

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1895 - 1904

Career position - Surveyor on the Geological Survey of Victoria

1904 - 1907

Career position - Assistant General Manager of Mt. Bischoff Mine in Tasmania

1907 - c. 1912

Career position - Private consulting practise in Melbourne

1912 - 1920

Career position - Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria

1917

Career position - Chairman of the Victorian State Advisory Committee on Brown Coal

1920 - 1940

Career position - Engineer-in-charge of Briquetting and Research at the Victorian State Electricity Commission

1936

Career position - Official representative at the 3rd World Power conference and Congress of International Commission on Large Dams in Washington, USA

1936

Career position - Official representative at the Commonwealth Government International Chemical Engineering Conference in London

1938

Award - Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Medal received

1940 -

Career position - Consulting Engineer to State Electricity Commission of Victoria

1940

Life event - Retired

Archival resources

State Electricity Commission of Victoria Archives

• Hyman Herman - Records, 1907 - 1940; State Electricity Commission of Victoria Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Spaull, Andrew, 'Herman, Hyman (1875-1962), Geologist and Engineer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 270-272. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090280b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Herman, H', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1107535. Details