Person Laby; Thomas Howell (1880 - 1946) Laby Thomas Howell 1880 - 1946 Australian Male Creswick, Victoria, Australia 03 May 1880 Melbourne, Australia 21/06/1946 19460621

New Zealand (1909-1915)

Physics Education: University of Sydney; University of Cambridge. ScD (1921, Cambridge) Career: Published with Sir Douglas Mawson (FRS 1923) first Australian research results on radioactivity (1904); Professor of Physics, Victoria University College, New Zealand (1909-1915); Professor of Natural Philosophy (1915-1944) and Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia Son of T J Laby of Creswick, Victoria, Australia; married (1914) Beatrice Littlejohn; two daughters Fellow 07/05/1931 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; AuDB; AE Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 733-755, plate, by D K Picken References: Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 N N Greenwood and J A Spink, 'An antipodean laboratory of remarkable distinction' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 85-105 D Ambrose 'A History of Kaye and Laby' in NR 2006 vol 60 pp 49-59 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 3 May 1880 - 21 Jun 1946 NA6157 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 01f1a818-9a97-4388-817e-2b6f3c7eb7d9