Biographical entry Murphy, Robert Kenneth (1887 - 1972)

Summary

Robert Kenneth Murphy was appointed Lecturer-in-charge of Chemistry and Head of the Science Department at the Sydney Technical College in 1915 and in 1951 he became part of the staff of the School of Chemical Engineering at the New South Wales University of Technology.

Archival resources

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne

• Interview with Dr. R. K. Murphy - father of chemical engineering in Australia, 1964; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Robert Kenneth Murphy - Records, 1890 - 1966, DeB 176; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Whiffen, Neville, 'Murphy, Robert Kenneth (1887-1972)', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 447-448. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150519b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries: Francis Lovell Ward (1905-1972); Robert Kenneth Murphy (1887-1972)', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, vol. 39, no. 8, 1972, pp. 234-236. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Murphy, Robert K', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-559794. Details

See also

• Angyal, S. J., 'Sir Philip Baxter 1905-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 3, 1991, pp. 183-197. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9910830183.htm. Details