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Lyle, Thomas Ranken (1860 - 1944)

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Physicist and Mathematician

Born: 26 August 1860 Coleraine, Londonerry, Northern Ireland. Died: 31 March 1944 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.

(Sir) Thomas Ranken Lyle was Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne 1889-1914, chairman of the Board of the Melbourne Observatory 1903-44, a scientific advisor to the Naval Board 1914-18, and president of the Australian National Research Council 1929-32.

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'Lyle, Thomas Ranken - Ms 24', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms024.txt. [ Details ]

'Lyle, Thomas Ranken', 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/P000585p.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000585. [ Details ]
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000585. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 1 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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