Person

Silberstein, Josef Philipp Otto (1920 - 2016)

Born: 5 July 1920
Vienna, Austria
Died: 28 February 2016
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation: Aeronautical scientist and Mathematician

Summary

Phil Silberstein was a mathematician who between 1939 and 1960 worked at the Aeronautical Research Laboratory on properties and elasticity of aircraft materials and vibrations of engines and propellers. He wrote a large number of reports stemming from this work. On moving to the University of Western Australia in 1960 his focus changed to pure mathematics. For 20 years until retiring in 1985 he was Professor of Mathematics.

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Chronology

1939 -: Career position - Junior Laboratory Assistant, CSIR Aeronautical Research Laboratories by 1944 in Department of Supply
1939: Life event - Migrated to Australia
1944: Education - BA (hons), University of Melbourne
1947: Award - CSIR Studentship for 3 years study at University of Cambridge
1952: Education - PhD, University of Cambridge
1954 - 1960: Career position - Principal Research Officer, Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Fishermens Bend, Victoria
1960 - 1965: Career position - Reader in Pure Mathematics, University of Western Australia
1966 - 1985: Career position - Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Western Australia
1985 -: Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia
1985: Life event - Retired

Related Corporate Bodies

Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Department of Supply and Development (1949 - 1994)
Principal Research Officer 1960 - 1965
The University of Western Australia (1913 - )
Professor of Pure Mathematics 1966 - 1985

Published resources

Journal Articles

Fowkes, N.; and Silberstein, J. P. O., 'John Mahony 1929-1992', Historical Records of Australian Science, 10 (3) (1995), 265-291. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9951030265. Details
Praeger, Cheryl E., 'J. P. O. (Phil) Silberstein 1920 - 2016', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 43 (2) (2016), 112-3. Details

Resources

'Silberstein, Josef Philipp Otto', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473132. Details

Resource Sections

'Silberstein, Josef Philipp Otto', 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/P002241p.htm. Details

Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn

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