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Priestley, Henry James (1883 - 1932)

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Mathematician

Born: 10 April 1883 Crouch Hill, England. Died: 26 February 1932.

Henry James Priestley was Professor, first of mathematics and physics, and later of mathematics, University of Queensland 1910-32. He played an active role in the academic life of the university, with service on the senate, as dean of the faculty of science, as president of the board of faculties (later professorial board) and as a member of many standing committees of senate and board. He was also a Founder and long-term president of the Queensland branch of the Mathematical Association of Great Britain.

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Chronology
1905 5^th wrangler at Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
1906 - 1907 Experimental physics Researcher at the University of Cambridge
1907 - 1910 Lecturer in Mathematics at he University of Manchester, UK
1911 - 1919 Professor of Mathematics and Physics, and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Queensland
1919 - 1932 Professor of Mathematics at the University of Queensland
1921 President of Section A of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1923 President of the Royal Society of Queensland

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'Priestley, Henry James', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001784p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 2 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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