Biographical entry Bullen, Keith Edward (1906 - 1976)

Summary

Keith Edward Bullen was Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Sydney 1946-71 but had earlier worked at Auckland University College 1928-40 and the University of Melbourne 1940-45. He studied at Cambridge under H. Jeffreys working on theoretical seismology.

Details

Born Auckland, New Zealand, 29 June 1906. Died Auckland, 23 September 1976. Educated Auckland University College (BA 1926, MA 1928, BSc 1930) and University of Cambridge (PhD 1937, ScD 1946). Teacher, Auckland Grammar School 1926-27; lecturer in mathematics, Auckland University College 1928-31, 1934-40; senior lecturer in mathematics, University of Melbourne 1940-45; professor of applied mathematics, University of Sydney 1946-71. Fellow, Royal Society 1949, Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1954; research medal, Royal Society of Victoria 1966.

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Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

• Keith Edward Bullen - Records, 1915 - 1976, P 25; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Winch, Denis E., 'Bullen, Keith Edward (1906-1976), Seismologist and Professor of Applied Mathematics', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 295-297. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130334b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: K. E. Bullen', Search, vol. 7, no. 11-12, 1976, p. 459. Details
• Bullen, K. E., 'Obituary: Thomas Noel Burke-Gaffney, S. J.', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 21, no. 5, 1958, pp. 133-134. Details
• Bullen, K. E., 'Obituary: Roger Chapman Thorne', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 22, no. 3, 1959, pp. 109-110. Details
• Bullen, K. E., 'Thomas MacFarland Cherry', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 1, no. 2, 1967, pp. 97-107. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9670120097.htm. Details
• Hales, A. L., 'Keith Edward Bullen 1906-1976', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 4, no. 2, 1979, pp. 42-64. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790420042.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Bullen, Keith Edward', 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/P001455p.htm. Details
• Hales, A. L., 'Keith Edward Bullen 1906-1976', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/bullen.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Bullen, K E', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1215230. Details

See also

• Paterson, M. S., 'John Conrad Jaeger 1907-1979', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 3, 1982, pp. 64-88. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9820530064.htm. Details