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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J & Annette Alafaci updated 2025-04-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002195b.htm person Matthaei Ernst Artur Franz Joseph AACR2 21 April 1904 15 July 1966 Place of Birth Trier, Germany Place of Death Parkville, Victoria, Australia Microscopist Optical technician Ernst Matthaei was an optics expert who learnt his trade in Germany under the guidance of masters of the field at the University of Jena and at the Institute of Microscopy. By 1926 he was a trainee in the Carl Zeiss works and the following year was transferred to the 'Opto' department which made spectacles and ophthalmological instruments. In 1920 Matthaei worked for E. C. Heyne & Co., which held the Zeiss agency in Melbourne. Upon his arrival in Australia he set up his own scientific instrument import company called Ernst Matthaei & Co. The business folded after the start of World War I so Matthaei joined the physiology department at the University of Melbourne. In 1941 he transferred to the botany department and was put in charge of the production of graticules for sighting telescopes and binoculars. After the war Matthaei's workshop developed into a thriving university supply chain which excelled in photo-micrography and fluorescence microscopy. By 1950 he was a part-time lecture at the University providing a technical course on the optical microscope for research workers.

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 'Matthaei, Ernst Artur Franz Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Matthaei, Ernst Artur Franz Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: 150 Years, 150 Stories: Ernst Artur Franz Joseph Matthaei Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 Years, 150 Stories: Ernst Artur Franz Joseph Matthaei 2003 Uni News 12 9 4 Book Section: Matthaei, Ernst Artur Franz Joseph (1904-1966), optical microscopist Bolton, H.C. Matthaei, Ernst Artur Franz Joseph (1904-1966), optical microscopist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 330-331 Journal Article: Obituary: Ernst Matthaei Leeper, G. W. Obituary: Ernst Matthaei 1967 Australian Journal of Science 29 6 166 Journal Article: Obituary: Sydney Edward Wright O'Reilly, W. J. Obituary: Sydney Edward Wright 1966 Australian Journal of Science 29 6 165 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 Journal Article: Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities Bolton, H. C. Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1990 Bright Sparcs Exhibition Papers Ernst Matthaei - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Ernst Matthaei - Records 1924 - 1965 Notebook on optics 1924-c1926; correspondence and account books relating to his business, and private letters 1937-40; papers relating to his work in the Optical Munitions Laboratory including the preparation of graticules and the development of tropic proofing of optical instruments, the Faculty workshop and Microscopy Laboratory where he was Officer-in-charge after the war; lecture notes 1953-65; research notes and published papers; audio-tapes of Matthaei lecturing; photographs; samples of graticules 1942-45; brochures from Zeiss and other suppliers [1.44 m]. 1.44 m Audio, Objects, Photographs