Person

Hosking, Richard (1877 - 1971)

Born: 1 May 1877
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Died: 17 May 1971
Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Teacher and Physicist

Summary

Richard Hosking was a physicist and physics teacher who wrote at least five scientific articles.

Details

Chronology

1894 - 1897: Education - Bachelor of Science? (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1902 - 1905: Career position - 1851 Exhibition Scholar
1903 - 1905: Education - Doctor of Philosophy? (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney
1904: Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1905 - 1910: Career position - Physics Master at Sydney Grammar School
1911 - 1922: Career position - Professor of Physics at Royal Military College in Duntroon
1913: Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1924 - 1939: Career position - Science Instructor for the Royal Australian Air Force at Point Cook
1940: Career position - Physicist with Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong
1940 - 1942: Career position - Consulting Physicist at J.W Handley & Co.

Published resources

Book Sections

Coulthard-Clark, C.D., 'Hosking , Richard (1877-1971), Physicist and Teacher' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 14 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 501-502. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140567b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537328. Details
'Hosking, Richard (1877-1971)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468785. Details

Resource Sections

'Hosking, Richard', 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/P001699p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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