Biographical entry Heymann, Erich (1901 - 1949)

Summary

Erich Heymann was a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne from 1936 and an associate professor from 1945. Through first class lectures and research, he enhanced the department's standing in the scientific community. Prior to this Heymann had worked in London and in his hometown of Frankfurt. He was an expert in colloid and surface chemistry and published widely in the area. Heymann was a Fellow of the Royal Chemical Institute of Australia.

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Events

c. 1921

Education - Bachelor of Science? (BSc) completed at the University of Munich

1924

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Frankfurt

1924 - 1928

Career position - Research Assistant at the Institute of Colloid Science in Frankfurt

1928 - 1933

Career position - Senior Demonstrator then Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of Frankfurt

1933 - 1936

Career position - Research Associate in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the University of London

1936 - 1938

Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne

1937 - 1944

Career position - Associate of the Royal Australian Chemical Institue

1938 - 1945

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne

1944 -

Career position - Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institue (FRACI)

1945 - 1949

Career position - Member of the Victorian Branch Committee

1945 - 1949

Career position - Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne

1948

Career position - Vice-President of the Victorian Branch Committee

1949

Career position - Carnegie Visiting Scientist in England and USA

Published resources

Book Sections

• Spurling, T.H., 'Heymann, Erich (1901-1949), Chemist and Academic', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 447-448. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140514b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Heymann, Erich', 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/P001684p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Heymann, Erich', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470037. Details

See also

• Hyde, B. G. and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920127.htm. Details