Person
Schlapp, Herman Henry (1854 - 1938)
- Born
- 6 March 1854
Fort Madison, Iowa, United States of America - Died
- 7 September 1938
Toorak, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Metallurgist
Summary
Herman Schlapp, born in the USA, was appointed metallurgist in charge of smelting at BHP Co. Ltd 1886. He later worked as a consultant mining engineer (Knox, Schlapp & Co., Melbourne) from 1893 and was closely involved with the development at Mount Lyell, Tasmania.
Archival resources
Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd
- Herman Henry Schlapp - Records, 1887; Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd. Details
Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre
- Herman Henry Schlapp - Records, 1893 - 1930; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Davey, Christopher J., 'Schlapp, Herman Henry (1854-1938), Metallurgist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 537-538. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110551b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539076. Details
- 'Schlapp, Herman Henry (1854-1938)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462051. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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