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Love, Eric Russell (1912 - 2001)

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Mathematical physicist

Born: 31 March 1912 London, England. Died: 2001.

Eric Russell Love was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne for 25 years. He remained active in both research and teaching, in the Department of Mathematics, until 1999.

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Chronology
1922 Settled in Australia
1933 Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Mathematics (BA (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne
1935 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1938 - 1939 Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of London
1939 - 1940 Lecturer in Mathematics at Durham University, UK
1940 - 1945 Lecturer at the University of Melbourne
1942 - 1944 Seconded to the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong
1944 - c. 1945 Seconded to the Aeronautical Research Laboratories at Fisherman's Bend, Victoria
1945 - 1949 Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne
1949 - 1952 Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne
1952 - 1977 Professor of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne
1960 - 1962 Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne
1963 - 1977 Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne
1977 - 1999 Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne
1977 - 1999 Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne
1978 Doctor of Science (ScD) received from the University of Cambridge
1991 Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc (Hon)) received from the University of Melbourne

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'Love, Eric Russell', 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/P002234p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 29 June 1995
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