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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000554b.htm person Lamb Horace FRS AACR2 27 November 1849 4 December 1934 Place of Birth Stockport, Cheshire, England Place of Death Cambridge, England Mathematician Sir Horace Lamb was the founding Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1876-1885 after which he became Professor at Owen's College Manchester 1885-1920. His treatise on the motion of fluids was highly regarded and ran into many editions. 1876 1876 Career event - Elected as a Member, Adelaide Philosophical Society 1876 1885 Career Position - Foundation Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1883 1884 Career Position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1885 1920 Career Position - Professor, Owen's College, Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Professor of Mathematics 1876 - 1885

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

President 1883 - 1884

 Adelaide Philosophical Society (1853 - 1880)

Elected as a Member 1876

 Bragg, William Henry (1862 - 1942)

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 Lamb, Horace (1849-1934)

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 'Lamb, Horace', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lamb, Horace Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Paper: Scientific Instruments for Sydney University in the 19th Century Holland, Julian Scientific Instruments for Sydney University in the 19th Century Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton 83-86 Book Section: Lamb, Sir Horace (1849-1934), mathematician Potts, R. B. Lamb, Sir Horace (1849-1934), mathematician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1974 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q Douglas Pike 54-55 Resource Section: Lamb, Horace Lamb, Horace Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Horace Lamb and Early Physics Teaching in Australia Jenkin, J. G.; and Home, R. W. Horace Lamb and Early Physics Teaching in Australia 1995 Historical Records of Australian Science 10 4 349-380 Book: A Profile of Horace Lamb Arranged by R. Radok and S. Radok Radok, Rainer A Profile of Horace Lamb Arranged by R. Radok and S. Radok Townsville James Cook University on North Queensland, Mathematics Department 1980 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Horace Lamb - Records The University of Adelaide Archives Horace Lamb - Records 1876 - 1885 Correspondence and related papers c1876-85. Horace Lamb - Records Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide Horace Lamb - Records 1885 - 1920 Two handwritten, unpublished notebooks inscribed H. Lamb, University, Manchester dealing with 'Kinematics of rigid bodies; Statics; Dynamics (Three dimensions)' and 'Dynamical problems' n.d. 2 volumes