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Hartung, Ernst Johannes (1893 - 1979)

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Chemist

Born: 23 April 1893 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. Died: 30 January 1979 Parkville, Victoria.

Ernst Johannes Hartung was Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Melbourne 1919-24, an Associate Professor 1924-27 and Professor 1927-54. He chaired the Advisory Committee on Optical Munitions during World War II and led the research into the production of optical glass. Hartung is commemorated by the Hartung Youth Lectures of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1913 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1914 - 1919 Tutor at Trinity College, University of Melbourne
1919 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne
1919 - 1924 Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne
1924 - 1954 Associate Professor then Professor (from 1927) at the University of Melbourne
1926 Syme Prize received
1927 - 1933 President of the Australian Chemical Institute (three terms)

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Published Sources

'Hartung, Ernst Johannes', 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/P000481p.htm. [ Details ]

'Hartung, Ernst Johannes', in The Giant's Eye: the Optical Munitions Exhibition, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/hartung.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Bolton, H. C., 'Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities', Australian Physicist, 1990, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton2.htm. [ Details ]
Mellor, D.P., 'Optical Munitions', Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958, 1958, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm. [ Details ]

Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - the Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, Canberra, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 7 September 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
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