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Eirich, Frederick Roland (1905 - )

Physical chemist

Born: 23 May 1905 Vienna, Austria

Frederick Roland Eirich was an Austrian physical chemist who worked in Europe, the United States of America and Australia. His main post in Australia was as a research officer at the Lubricants and Bearings Section of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Eirich later became distinguished professor of the Polymer Chemistry unit of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He was author of several key works.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1929 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Vienna
1929 - 1938 Assistant in the Department of Colloid Chemistry at the University of Vienna
1938 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the University of Vienna
1938 Doctorate of Philosophy Habilitation (D. Phil. Habil.) received from the University of Vienna
1938 - 1939 Research Associate in the Department of Colloid Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK
1939 - 1941 Civilian internee in the UK and Australia
1941 - 1943 Research Officer in the Lubricants and Bearings Section at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
1944 - 1946 Research Associate in Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge
1947 - 1951 Associate Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, USA
1951 - 1969 Professor of Polymer Chemistry at Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, USA
1969 - Distinguished Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, USA

Online Sources

'Eirich, Frederick Roland', 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/P001644p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 31 May 2005

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