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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000247b.htm person Bowden Frank Philip FRS AACR2 2 May 1903 3 September 1968 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Cambridge, England Physicist Frank Bowden was Professor of Surface Physics, University of Cambridge and Director of Surface Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory.

Born Hobart, 2 May 1903. Died Cambridge, 3 September 1968. CBE 1956. Educated Universities of Tasmania (BSc 1925, MSc 1927, DSc 1931) and Cambridge (PhD 1929, ScD 1938). Research scholar, University of Tasmania 1926; 1851 Exhibition Scholar 1927-28, senior scholar 1929-31; demonstrator in chemistry, University of Cambridge 1931-37, lecturer in physical chemistry 1937-39; Officer-in-charge, Lubricants & Bearings Section, CSIR, Melbourne 1939-45; reader, physical chemistry, Cambridge 1946-57, reader in physics 1957-66, professor of surface physics 1966-68. FRS 1948, Rumford Medal 1956.

1926 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1929 Award - 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1926; 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship: 1929.

 CSIR Lubricants and Bearings Section, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1939 - 1946)

Officer-in-Charge 1 November 1939 - 1945

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 'Bowden, Frank Philip', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bowden, Frank Philip Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Bowden, Frank Philip Bowden, Frank Philip Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Frank Philip Bowden - Scientific Entrepreneur Spink, J. A. Frank Philip Bowden - Scientific Entrepreneur 1989 Chemistry in Australia May 157-160 Book Section: Bowden, Frank Philip (1903-1968), chemist and physical chemist McLaren, Alex C.; Spink, J. A. Bowden, Frank Philip (1903-1968), chemist and physical chemist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 228-229 Journal Article: An Antipodean Laboratory of Remarkable Distinction Greenwood, Norman N.; and Spink, John A. An Antipodean Laboratory of Remarkable Distinction 2003 Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 57 85-105 Journal Article: A Short History of the Australian Institute of Physics, Part 2: from the Formation of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics to the Establishment of the Australian Institute of Physics Binnie, Anna A Short History of the Australian Institute of Physics, Part 2: from the Formation of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics to the Establishment of the Australian Institute of Physics November/December Australian Institute of Physics 2007 Australian Physics 44 4 128-137 Journal Article: Walter Boas 1904-1982 Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K. Walter Boas 1904-1982 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 507-517 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