Person
McKern, Howard Hamlet Gordon (1917 - 2009)
- Born
- 23 March 1917
Mosman, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 8 June 2009
- Occupation
- Chemist and Museum administrator
Summary
Howard McKern was an analytical and organic chemist, Meggitt Limited, Parramatta (1936-1945). In charge of Chemistry Department, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney (1945-1960), directing the museum's research into the chemistry of essential oils and publishing over 40 papers. He was Deputy Director of the Museum from 1960-1977.
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Chronology
- 1968
- Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal
Related entries
Archival resources
Powerhouse Museum
- McKern, Howard Hamlet Gordon, c. 1943 - 1996, MRS 329, MRS 225; Powerhouse Museum. Details
Published resources
Books
- McKern, Howard, William Mogford Hamlet 1850-1931 (Sydney: Howard Hamlet Gordon McKern, 1995), 75 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Holland, H. G.; Mckern, H.H.G., 'Morrison, Frank Richard (1895-1967), chemist and museum director' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 417-418. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morrison-frank-richard-11176. Details
- McKern, H. H. G., 'Penfold, Arthur de Ramon (1890-1980), chemist and museum director' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 195-196, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/penfold-arthur-de-ramon-8013. Details
- McKern, H. H. G., 'Smith, Henry George (1852-1924), chemist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 646-647, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-henry-george-8471. Details
Journal Articles
- Lassak, Erich, 'Howard Hamlet Gordon McKern', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 142 (3/4) (2009), 53-4. Details
- McKern, H. H. G., 'The Chemists of Australia: Arthur de Ramon Penfold, 1890-1980', Chemistry in Australia, 48 (1981), 327-330. Details
- McKern, Howard, 'Research at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 79 (3 & 4) (1993), 243-248. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Brown, Malcolm, 'Ahead of his time in closing arts-science gap', Sydney Morning Herald (2009), 18. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=SMH091212MK6H54DD08U. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15453198. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93798236. Details
- 'McKern, H H G (1917-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-584643. Details
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Created: 21 December 2001, Last modified: 14 September 2011