Fellows' biographical memoirs
Each biographical memoir of deceased Fellows of the Academy is carefully researched, resulting in a unique biographical collection of celebrated lives and important achievements.
Gregory Maxwell Kelly 1930–2007
Gregory Maxwell (‘Max’) Kelly (1930–2007) was educated at the University of Sydney (BSc 1951 with First Class Honours, University Medal for Mathematics, Barker Prize, and James King of Irrawang Travelling Scholarship) and the University of Cambridge (BA 1953 with First Class Honours and two Wright’s Prizes; Rayleigh Prize, 1955; PhD 1957).
Guy Kendall White 1925–2018
Guy Kendall White led a productive research career as a condensed matter experimental physicist, focusing on transport and thermophysical properties of solids at low temperatures. He was influential in the development of the discipline of solid state physics in Australia.
Hanna Neumann 1914-1971
Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science and Fellowship of the Australian College of Education are formal recognition of Hanna Neumann's impact on a country she had first set foot in only in August 1963. But then, Hanna Neumann was a remarkable person. Throughout her life she had won the love and respect of many people.
Hans Charles Freeman 1929–2008
Hans Freeman was a leading figure in X-ray crystallography and other advanced X-ray techniques in Australia and internationally. He played an important role in gaining access for Australian scientists to international facilities such as synchrotron radiation sources at the dawning of the era of ‘Big Science’.
Herbert Cole Coombs 1906-1997
With the death of Herbert Cole ('Nugget') Coombs on 29 October 1997, Australia lost its greatest public servant, a man who spent his life as an employee of the Commonwealth initiating major civilizing activities in economic and cultural fields, and after his retirement became a great champion of the rights of Aboriginal Australians.
Herbert George Andrewartha 1907-1992
Herbert George Andrewartha was born in Perth on 21 December 1907, the second of three children of George and Elsie Andrewartha. His father was a primary-school teacher, later a headmaster. The family moved often to country towns in Western Australia where his father was posted, but they maintained a base in a small farm at Gosnells, about 40 km from Perth.
Herbert Sydney Green 1920-1999
Bert Green's influence on the development of theoretical science in Australia during the nearly fifty years he lived here cannot be overestimated. From the time he arrived in Adelaide in July 1951, until his death on 16 February 1999, he produced articles and books covering topics as diverse as particle physics, environmental science and neurophysiology. In each of the areas in which he worked, his contributions were always marked by erudition and originality.
