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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002202b.htm person Loewe Fritz Philipp AACR2 11 March 1895 27 March 1974 Place of Birth Schöneberg, Germany Place of Death Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Meteorologist Explorer Fritz Philipp Loewe arrived in Australia in 1937 and established Australia's first university Department of Meteorology (University of Melbourne). Prior to this he had spent many years working in England and in Europe. Loewe initially undertook legal studies at the University of Grenoble, but this was interrupted for four years during World War I when he worked as a Radio operator in an artillery unit. On his return from the war he transferred to the University of Berlin to study terrestrial physical sciences, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in geography and physics in 1924. From 1922 Loewe was appointed to a number of positions including Scientific Assistant at the Potsdam Meteorological Observatory (1922), Head of Research Flights of the Prussian Meteorological Service (1925) and Personal Assistant to Wegener on the German Greenland Expedition (1930-1931). During 1933 and 1934 Loewe was subjected to much discrimination because he was Jewish and after being sacked from the German Meteorological Service in 1934 fled to the United Kingdom where he worked as a Meteorologist at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, UK. In 1937 Raymond Priestley, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, asked Fritz Loewe to come to the University and establish university's Department of Meteorology. He remained at the University of Melbourne until his retirement in 1959. 1914 1918 Career position - Wireless operator in the German Army 1921 1921 Career position - Tidal current surveys in Germany 1922 c. 1924 Career position - Scientific Assistant at the Potsdam Meteorological Observatory 1924 1924 Career position - Cosmic radiation research in Switzerland 1924 1924 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Berlin 1925 1925 Career position - Atlantic expedition on the Meteor 1925 c. 1928 Career position - Head of Research Flights of the Prussian Meteorological Service 1926 1926 Career position - Heat balance studies on the Grossen Aletschgletscher 1929 1929 Career position - Member of the Wegener expedition to Greenland ice cap 1930 1931 Career position - Personal Assistant to Wegener on the German Greenland Expedition 1934 1934 Life event - Fled Germany to England 1934 1937 Career position - Meteorologist at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, UK 1937 1937 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) 1937 1960 Career position - First Lecturer in Meteorology, University of Melbourne 1947 1947 Career position - Member of the failed Wyatt Earp expedition to Antarctica 1950 1951 Career position - Member of the French lead expedition to Antarctica on the Commandant Charcot 1958 1958 Career position - UNESCO expert to Pakistan where he established a meteorological training school

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 'Loewe, Fritz Philipp', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Loewe, Fritz Philipp Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Johannes Georgi und Fritz Loewe: Zwei Polarforscherschicksale nach 'Eismitte'. Aus ihrem Briefwechsel 1929-1971 sowie die gesammelten Schriftenverzeichnisse von J. Georgi und F. Loewe Voss, Jutta Johannes Georgi und Fritz Loewe: Zwei Polarforscherschicksale nach 'Eismitte'. Aus ihrem Briefwechsel 1929-1971 sowie die gesammelten Schriftenverzeichnisse von J. Georgi und F. Loewe 1992 Polarforschung 62 151-161 Book Section: Loewe, Fritz Philipp (1895-1974), meteorologist Richmond, Mark Loewe, Fritz Philipp (1895-1974), meteorologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 113-114 Book: UNIMET - the Meteorological Department of the University of Melbourne 1937-1990 Radok, Uwe UNIMET - the Meteorological Department of the University of Melbourne 1937-1990 Melbourne University of Melbourne, Meteorology Section, School of Earth Sciences 1993 Journal Article: Fritz Loewe Anderson, Fay Fritz Loewe 1999 Australasian Science 20 1 46 Journal Article: Obituary: Fritz Loewe Obituary: Fritz Loewe 1974 Australian Meteorological Magazine 22 1 21-23 Journal Article: Fritz Loewe 1895-1974 Wilcock, A. A. Fritz Loewe 1895-1974 1977 Australian Geographer 13 5 306-310 Journal Article: Alfred Wegener - His Life and Work Loewe, F. Alfred Wegener - His Life and Work 1970 Australian Meteorological Magazine 18 4 177-190 Book: Duststorms in Australia Loewe, F. Duststorms in Australia Melbourne Government Printer 1943 Journal Article: The first series of meteorological observations in Australia Loewe, F. The first series of meteorological observations in Australia 1970 Australian Meteorological Magazine 18 1 39-42 Book: Sixty years with ice Loewe, Fritz Sixty years with ice Parkville, Vic. University of Melbourne, Meteorology Department 1976 Journal Article: Fritz Loewe: a connection between Australian meteorology and plate tectonics Hart, Terry Fritz Loewe: a connection between Australian meteorology and plate tectonics 2021 BAMOS: bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 34 1 18-9 Journal Article: The remarkable German contribution to Australian meteorology Zillman, John W. The remarkable German contribution to Australian meteorology 2015 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 127 1 110-6 Journal Article: Obituary: Fritz Loewe Schwerdtfeger, P. Obituary: Fritz Loewe 1975 Journal of Glaciology 14 70 191-3 Journal Article: Glaciological bodies: Australian visions of the Antarctic ice sheet Antonello, Alessandro Glaciological bodies: Australian visions of the Antarctic ice sheet 2018 International Review of Environmental History 4 1 125-44 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Fritz Loewe - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Fritz Loewe - Records 1913 - 1971 A large collection of personal records including: diaries 1927-61; research notes, measurements and data for 1913-14, late 1920s (Persian), from the "Wyatt Earp" 1947 and Commandant Charcot 1949, 1951-52 expeditions; correspondence, personal and professional 1920-71; lectures and papers with a copy of his thesis 'Geographical distribution of Rainfall in Africa'; printed maps; newscuttings; photographs [10 m]. 0.1 m Artwork, Photographs