Biographical entry Hume, Walter Reginald (1873 - 1943)

Summary

Walter Reginald Hume, in conjunction with his brother in 1910, formed Humes' Patent Cement Iron Syndicate Ltd to develop Walter's revolutionary centrifugal process for the manufacture of concrete pipes which ultimately transformed the nature of pipe manufacture world wide.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Snooks, G. D., 'Hume, Walter Reginald (1873-1943)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, p. 402. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090398b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Encel, S. and O'Dea, Marjory, 'Walter Reginald Hume (1974-1947): Some Notes on a Pioneer of Pipe Technology', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 1, no. 4, 1969, pp. 17-26. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9690140017.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Hume, Walter Reginald', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462195. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_h.html. Details