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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-04-06 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000247b.htm corporateBody The University of Tasmania AACR2 1890 Start Place Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Location Hobart, Tasmania Education Established in 1890, the University of Tasmania was Australia's fourth University. In 1991 the University merged with the Tasmania State Institute of Technology but continues to exist under the name of University of Tasmania. CRC for Sustainable Tourism (1997 - 2010) Astronomy Australia Limited (2007 - ) CRC for Aquaculture (1993 - 2000) CRC for Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish (2001 - 2007) CRC for Temperate Hardwood Forestry (1991 - 1997) CRC for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment (1991 - 1997) CRC for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (1997 - 2003) CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry (1997 - 2005) CRC for Smart Internet Technology (2001 - 2007) McAulay, Alexander (1863 - 1931)

Professor of Mathematics and Physics 1896 - 1929

 Large, Ross Raymond (1948 - )

Professor of Economic Geology 1992 - 2009; Distinguished Professor 2009 - 2016

 Forbes, Lawrence K. (Larry)

Professor of Mathematics 2000 - ; Head, School of Mathematics and Physics 2001 - 2008

 Whitten, Wesley Kingston (1918 - 2010)

Research Associate, Department of Zoology 1980 - 1989

 Parker, Douglas William Leigh (1900 - 1988)

Member of Council 1950 - 1972

 King, Matthew

Professor of Polar Geodesy 2012 - ; Head, Geography and Spatial Sciences 2017 - 2020

 Curtis, Winifred (1905 - 2005)

Reader in Botany 1956 - 1966

 Meyers, Gary Albert (1941 - 2016)

Professor, Centre for Marine Science 2007 - 2009; Director, Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) 2007 - 2009

 Banks, Maxwell Robert (1925 - 2014)

Dean, Faculty of Science 1973 - 1975

 Kirkpatrick, James Barrie (Jamie) (1946 - 2024)

Professor and Head of Department, Department of Geography 1987 - 1999

 Hickman, Vernon Victor (1894 - 1984)

Professor of Biology 1943 - 1959

 Wardrop, Alan Buchanan (1921 - 2003)

Professor of Botany 1964 - 1965

 Mackay, John Hilton (1877 - 1952)

Member of Council 1918 - ?

 Somerville, Janet (1887 - 1969)

Honorary Research Associate, Department of Botany 1958 - ?1969

 Bratt, Geoffrey (1931 - 1977)

Honorary Research Associate, Department of Botany 1969 - 1977

 Whittaker, Joanne

Professor, Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies 2024 -

 Olley, June Norma (1924 - 2019)

Honorary Research Associate (Professor), Department of Agricultural Science and Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering 1989 -

 Elliott, Amy Marion (1874 - 1913)

First woman BSc (1898) and MSc (1900)

 Universities Australia (2007 - ) Cruickshank, Fletcher Donaldson (1908 - 1990)

Reader in Physics 1962 - 1973

 Ellis, Graeme Reade Anthony (1921 - 2011)

Professor of Physics 1960 - 1983

 Hamilton, Philip Alexander (Pip) (1942 - )

Professor of Experimental Physics 1989 - 1992; Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) 1992 - 1997

 Guiler, Eric Rowland

Reader in Zoology 1974 - 1983

 Foote, Simon James (1958 - )

Director, Menzies Research Institute 2005 - 2011

 Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare (1853 - 1936)

Acting Professor of Mathematics 1924 - 1925

 Jaeger, John Conrad (1907 - 1979)

Professor of Applied Mathematics 1950 - 1951

 Carey, Samuel Warren (Warren) (1911 - 2002)

Professor of Geology 1946 - 1976; Dean, Faculty of Science 1950 - 1951 and 1970; Chairman Professorial Board 1954 - 1955

 Barber, Horace Newton (1914 - 1971)

Professor of Botany (1947 - 1963); Dean of the Faculty of Science (1951 - 1953); and Chairman, Professional Board (1956 - 1959)

 Rodway, Leonard (1853 - 1936)

Lecturer 1923 - 1929

 Green, David Headley (1936 - 2024)

Professor of Geology 1977 - 1993; Chairman, Professorial Board 1990 - 1992

 Delbourgo, Robert (1940 - )

Professor of Physics 1976 - 2000

 Mellor, David Paver (1903 - 1980)

Inaugural Kurth Memorial Lecturer 1977

 Smith, Peter Warnock (1924 - 2017)

Reader in Chemistry 1971 - 1989

 Larkins, Francis Patrick (1942 - )

Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry 1990

 Row, Donald Hawkins (1939 - 2023)

Retired from the Department of Mathematics 1997

 Somerset, Henry Beaufort (1906 - 1995)

Chancellor 1964 - 1972

 Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC) (1920 - 2007)

Foundation member

 Lewis, Arndell Neil (1897 - 1943)

Lecturer in Geology 1926 - 1931

 Pitman, Edwin James George (1897 - 1993)

Professor of Mathematics 1926 - 1962.

 James, William Edwin (1931 - 1995) 1965 1968

William James was a senior technical officer within the Physics Department at The University of Tasmania from 1965 until 1968.

 Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Tasmania

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 'The University of Tasmania', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology The University of Tasmania Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Royal Society of Tasmania Garden, Don The Royal Society of Tasmania 2025 History: magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society 165 18-21 Journal Article: Higher Education, Work and "Overstrain of the Brain": Amy Marion Elliott, MSc, University of Tasmania, 1900 Whitehead, Kay Higher Education, Work and "Overstrain of the Brain": Amy Marion Elliott, MSc, University of Tasmania, 1900 Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society 2000 History of Education Review 29 1 16-31 Book: Open to Talent: the Centenary History of the University of Tasmania, 1890-1990 Davis, Richard Open to Talent: the Centenary History of the University of Tasmania, 1890-1990 Hobart University of Tasmania 1990 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000