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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-01-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001611b.htm person Brown Edward Byam AACR2 31 July 1880 16 May 1966 Place of Birth Strathdownie, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physicist Electrical engineer Edward Brown was associate professor in electrical engineering, University of Melbourne 1930-1946. He was the husband of Vera Scantlebury Brown.

He also volunteered as an Australian Munitions Worker to the UK during WW1 and worked in England as an electrical draftsman during 1917. (It looks like he struggled to find positions suited to his skills). He returned to Australia at the end of 1917. [Courtesy of Mark Rogers 2024]

1898 1902 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne (Ormond College) 1905 1905 Education - ACGI City & Guilds College, London, UK 1905 1907 Career position - General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA 1908 1911 Career position - Lecturer in mathematics and physics, University of Melbourne 1911 1911 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1911 1929 Career position - Lecturer in electrical engineering, University of Melbourne 1916 1918 Military service - Volunterred as an Australian Munitions Worker to the UK 1926 1926 Education - DSc University of Melbourne 1930 1946 Career position - Associate Professor in electrical engineering, University of Melbourne 1961 1961 Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Melbourne Lyle, Thomas Ranken (1860 - 1944) Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne (1903 - )

Lecturer in mathematics and physics 1908 - 1911

 Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1860 - )

Lecturer 1911 - 1929; Associate Professor 1930 - 1946

 Brown, Vera Scantlebury (1889 - 1946) Brown, Edward Byam (1880-1966)

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 'Brown, Edward Byam', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brown, Edward Byam Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Brown, Edward Byam - 2448: Summary of particulars requried for Personal File 1916-1918 Brown, Edward Byam - 2448: Summary of particulars requried for Personal File 1916-1918 Canberra, ACT National Archives of Australia 1918 Munition Workers and Navvies Despatched to Great Britain 25 Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Edited Book: A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. Volume 1: A-K Gibbney, H. J.; and Smith, Ann G. A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. Volume 1: A-K Canberra Australian Dictionary of Biography 1987 Journal Article: 150 Years, 150 Stories: Edward Byam Brown Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 Years, 150 Stories: Edward Byam Brown 2003 Uni News 12 16 4 Resource Section: Brown, Edward Byam Brown, Edward Byam Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Electric tachometers and speedometers Brown, E. B. Electric tachometers and speedometers 1913 Commonwealth Engineer 1 4 134-137 Journal Article: Current history: the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Collection Gillespie, Richard Current history: the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Collection 2019 University of Melbourne collections 24 22-30 Book: 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Melbourne Department of History, University of Melbourne 2003