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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000758b.htm person Room Thomas Gerald FAA FRS AACR2 10 November 1902 2 April 1986 Place of Birth St George, Camberwell, County of London, England Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Mathematician University Administrator Gerald Room was a mathematician particularly known for his profound insight into configurations in higher dimensional projective space and his general theory of the freedom of manifolds. His most influential publication was The geometry of determinantal loci (1938). He was Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Sydney from 1935 to 1968, having earlier studied and then taught at St John's College, Cambridge between 1920 and- -1935. Room was influential in course of mathematics in New South Wales both at university and secondary school level. As Professor he made continuous improvements in the syllabus and teaching standards. He was for a number of years Chief Mathematics Examiner for the High School Leaving Certificate and Chairman of the New South Wales Mathematics Syllabus Committee, during which time the curriculum was greatly revised. The T. G. Room Award is made each year by the Mathematical Association of New South Wales to the highest-scoring student in the Higher School Certificate mathematics examination. Room was a founding member of the Australian Mathematical Society and the first Editor of its Journal. [10 November 1902] [2 April 1986] Career position - Chairman, New South Wales Mathematics Syllabus Committee and Chief Mathematics Examiner for the High School Leaving Certificate, Australia 1923 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge, England 1923 1935 Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Cambridge, England 1925 1927 Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Liverpool, England 1926 1928 Career position - Fellow, St Johns College, University of Cambridge, England 1928 1935 Career position - Lecturer in mathematics, University of Cambridge 1935 1968 Career position - Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney 1940 1941 Career position - Informal, secret military intelligence work based at the University of Sydney 1941 1941 Career position - Military Intelligence Work, Fleet Radio Unit Melbourne (FRUMEL), Commonwealth of Australia and United States of America 1941 1941 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1941 1941 Award - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian National Research Council 1942 1945 Career position - Military Intelligence Work, Central Bureau, Allied Command of the South-West Pacific Area 1952 1956 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney 1952 1956 Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Sydney 1953 1953 Career event - Petitioner for the Australian Academy of Science 1954 1986 Award - Founding Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1955 1955 Award - Doctorate of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge, England 1955 1955 Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Cambridge 1956 1965 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Mathematical Society 1956 1986 Career position - Founding Member, Australian Mathematical Society 1959 1964 Career position - Editor, Australian Mathematical Society Journal 1960 1962 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science 1960 1962 Career Position - President, Australian Mathematical Society 1960 1963 Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Sydney 1960 1965 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney 1968 Award - T.G. Room Award, Given in his honor, Mathematical Association of New South Wales, Australia 1969 1969 Career position - Part-time Lecturer, University of Sydney 1971 1971 Career position - Staff Tutor, North West Region, Open University, England 1972 1973 Career position - Course Material Writer, Open University, England 1989 1989 Award (posthumous) - Mathematics Library named in his honor, T.G. Room Library, University of Sydney Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian National Research Council and Australian Academy of Science (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1941

 Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Australian Mathematical Society (1959 - )

Editor 1959 - 1964

 Australian Mathematical Society (1956 - )

President 1960 - 1962

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Pure Mathematics 1935 - 1968; Dean, Faculty of Science 1952 - 1956 and 1960 - 1965; Member of the Senate 1950 - 1956 and 1960 - 1963

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Petitioner for the Academy 1953, Founding Fellow 1954 - 1986; Member of Council 1960 - 1962

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 'Room, Thomas Gerald (Gerald)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Room, Thomas Gerald (Gerald) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Thomas Gerald Room 1902-1986 Hirschfeld, J. W. P.; and Wall, G. E. Thomas Gerald Room 1902-1986 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 109-122 Journal Article: Obituary: Dansie Thomas Sawkins Butler, S. J.; Room, T. G. Obituary: Dansie Thomas Sawkins 1950 Australian Journal of Science 12 6 210-211 Resource: Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Australian Academy of Science Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2023 Journal Article: Sydney University, T. G. Room and codebreaking in WWII, part II Donovan, P.; and Mack, J. Sydney University, T. G. Room and codebreaking in WWII, part II 2002 Australian Mathematical Society gazette 29 3 141-8 Journal Article: Sydney University, T. G. Room and codebreaking in WWII, part I Donovan, P.; and Mack, J. Sydney University, T. G. Room and codebreaking in WWII, part I 2002 Australian Mathematical Society gazette 29 2 76-84 Journal Article: Thomas Gerald Room 10 November 1902 - 2 April 1986 Hirschfeld, J. W. P.; and Wall, G. E. Thomas Gerald Room 10 November 1902 - 2 April 1986 1987 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 33 574-601 Book Section: Room, Thomas Gerald (1902-1986), geometer and professor of mathematics Mack, John Room, Thomas Gerald (1902-1986), geometer and professor of mathematics Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 364-5 Thomas Gerald Room - Records University of Sydney, Archives Thomas Gerald Room - Records Acc. 1062 1926 - 1973 Reprinted papers of T.G. Room 1926-73 [Accession No. 1062]. Thomas Gerald Room Thomas Gerald Room All rights reserved.

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