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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000297b.htm person Carslaw Horatio Scott AACR2 12 February 1870 11 November 1954 Place of Birth Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, Scotland Place of Death Burradoo, New South Wales, Australia Mathematician Horatio Carslaw was a mathematician whose most enduring and important work in mathematics was in the theory of conduction of heat. In this field he published the ground-breaking Introduction to the theory of Fourier's series and integrals and the mathematical theory of the conduction of heat (1906). In all he published over 70 papers and ten books including, with J. C. Jaeger, Conduction of heat in solids (1947, 2nd edition 1959) and Operational methods in applied mathematics (1941, 2nd edition 1948). In 1903 Carslaw became Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics at the University of Sydney, from which position he retired in 1935. His interest in the quality of secondary school mathematical education caused him to participate in negotiations for the reform of the public examination system in New South Wales. This led to his membership of the first board of examiners established under A.C. Carmichael's University (Amendment) Act 1912 and he was chief examiner of mathematics for the next 30 years. 1891 1891 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Glasgow, Scotland 1894 1894 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge 1896 1897 Life event - Studied at the University of Göttingen, Germany 1896 1903 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Glasgow, Scotland 1898 1898 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge 1899 1905 Career position - Fellow, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge 1903 1935 Career position - Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Sydney 1903 1954 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales 1908 1908 Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge 1913 1913 Career position - President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics and Physcis), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1919 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Mathematics), Australian National Research Council 1926 1926 Award - Honorary Doctorate, University of Adelaide 1928 1928 Award - Honorary Doctorate, University of Glasgow, Scotland 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Fellow 1903 - 1954

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics 1903 - 1935.

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics and Physcis) 1913

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Mathematics) 1919 -

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

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 'Carslaw, Horatio Scott', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Carslaw, Horatio Scott Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Godfather of Tasmania: commemorating Abel Tasman 1838 to 2012 Petrow, Stefan Godfather of Tasmania: commemorating Abel Tasman 1838 to 2012 2014 Journal of Australian studies 38 2 157 - 174 Book Section: Horatio Scott Carslaw, 1870-1954 Deakin, Michael A. B. Horatio Scott Carslaw, 1870-1954 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Resource Section: Carslaw, Horatio Scott Carslaw, Horatio Scott Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Resource Section: Carslaw, Horatio Scott - Ms 3 Carslaw, Horatio Scott - Ms 3 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Journal Article: Horatio Scott Carslaw Jaeger, J. C. Horatio Scott Carslaw 1956 Journal of the London Mathematical Society S1-31 4 494-501 Book Section: Carslaw, Horatio Scott (1870-1954), mathematician Jaeger, J. C. Carslaw, Horatio Scott (1870-1954), mathematician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 578-579 Journal Article: H. S. Carslaw - His Work in Analysis Smith-White, W.B. H. S. Carslaw - His Work in Analysis 1955 The Australian Mathematics Teacher 11 67-68 Journal Article: Horatio Scott Carslaw Jaeger, J. C. Horatio Scott Carslaw 1955 Australian Mathematics Teacher 11 59-66 Book: The Teaching of Mathematics in Australia Carslaw, H. S. The Teaching of Mathematics in Australia Sydney Angus & Robertson 1914 Journal Article: A bibliography of Australian mathematics to 1960 with observations relating to the history of Australian mathematics Cohen, Graeme L. A bibliography of Australian mathematics to 1960 with observations relating to the history of Australian mathematics 2020 Historical Records of Australian Science 31 1 17-25 Journal Article: Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 Heyde, C. C. Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 17-30 Horatio Scott Carslaw - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Horatio Scott Carslaw - Records MS 003 1924 - 1944 Press-cutting book containing reviews of Carslaw's published work. 0.015 m, 1 box James Thomas Wilson - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science James Thomas Wilson - Records MS 035 1883 - 1940 Correspondence from scientific colleagues, including letters from C.J. Martin 1897-1900 and 1921-38, G.E. Smith 1896-1936, T.W.E. David 1918-33, H.S. Carslaw 1924-25, 1937-40, J.S. Haldane 1883-1925 and foreign and Australian scientists concerning the Department of Anatomy, University of Sydney and early 20th century medical science; lectures, addresses, drafts of papers, biographical data and portraits relating to his career at the Universities of Sydney and Cambridge 1883-1940 (Copies of originals held by the University of Sydney Archives) [7 boxes, MS 35]. 0.51 m, 7 boxes