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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001306b.htm person McAulay Alexander AACR2 9 December 1863 6 July 1931 Place of Birth Luton, Bedfordshire, England Place of Death Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia Mathematician Physicist Alexander McAulay was the first Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Tasmania 1896-1929 after being Lecturer 1893-1895. Earlier he had been a lecturer in mathematics at Ormond College, University of Melbourne after graduating from Cambridge in 1886. He is attributed with the design of Waddamana hydro power station in 1910. 1893 1895 Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Tasmania 1895 1895 Career position - President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics and Physics), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1896 1929 Career position - Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Tasmania 1910 1914 Career position - Designed Waddamana hydro power station 1921 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Mathematics), Australian National Research Council 1924 1924 Career position - Committee Member, Australian Branch, Institute of Physics McAulay, Alexander Leicester (1895 - 1969) Spooner, Edgar Clynton Ross (1908 - 1976) Australian Branch, Institute of Physics (1928 - 1962)

Committee Member 1924 (before Branch formally constituted)

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

Foundation Member (Mathematics) 1921 -

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

President, Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics and Physics) 1895

 The University of Tasmania (1890 - )

Professor of Mathematics and Physics 1896 - 1929

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 McAulay, Alex (1863-1931)

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 'McAulay, Alexander', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McAulay, Alexander Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Practical Astronomy in Tasmania, and a Proposal for a School Thereof McAulay, Alex Practical Astronomy in Tasmania, and a Proposal for a School Thereof 1902 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 85-94 Resource Section: McAulay, Alexander McAulay, Alexander Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book Section: McAulay, Alexander (1863-1931), mathematician and physicist, and Alexander Leicester McAulay (1895 - 1969), physicist Scott, Bruce McAulay, Alexander (1863-1931), mathematician and physicist, and Alexander Leicester McAulay (1895 - 1969), physicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 202-204 Journal Article: The Physicist's Homestead: Alexander McAuly, Hydroelectricity and Mathematical Physics in Tasmania Dean, Katrina The Physicist's Homestead: Alexander McAuly, Hydroelectricity and Mathematical Physics in Tasmania 2003 Tasmanian Historical Studies 8 56-77 Alexander McAulay - Records Private hands (McAulay, I.) Alexander McAulay - Records 1863 - 1931 Private papers and letters c1863-1931. Alexander McAulay - Records University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection Alexander McAulay - Records UT.32 1887 Manuscript essay 'Quaternions as a practical instrument of physical research' (for the Smith's prize, Cambridge) 1887; annotated copies of published articles on 'multenions' and similar subjects [6 items, UT 32]. 6 items Alexander McAulay - Records Archives Office of Tasmania Alexander McAulay - Records NS 374 1896 - 1931 Three volumes of notes with photographic illustrations on the beginning of hydroelectric power and the part played by the McAulay family (in the Ida McAulay papers c1896-1931) [44 cm, NS 374]. 0.44 m Photographs