Biographical entry White, Edward John (1831 - 1913)
White, Edward John Portrait
Details
- Born
- 8 December 1831
England - Died
- 2 August 1913
- Occupation
- Meteorologist and Astronomer
Summary
Edward John White was Assistant at the Melbourne Observatory 1860-92 and Acting Government Astronomer 1875-76. Earlier he worked at the Bendigo gold diggings. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1902.
Related entries
Published resources
Online Resources
- 'White, Edward John', 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/P001840p.htm. Details
- 'White, E J', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-910322. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P001840. Details
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P001840. Details
Digital resources
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 June 2010
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