Hartung, Ernst Johannes (1893 - 1979)

Hartung was Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Melbourne 1919-1924, an Associate Professor 1924-1927 and Professor 1927 - 1954. 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.

Events

23 April 1893	Born
1913	BSc, University of Melbourne
1914 - 1919	Tutor, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
1919	DSc, University of Melbourne
1919 - 1924	Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1924 - 1927	Associate Professor in Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1926	Syme Prize 1926
1927 - 1928	President, Australian Chemical Institute
1927 - 1954	Professor in Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1929 - 1930	President, Australian Chemical Institute
1931 - 1933	President, Australian Chemical Institute
30 January 1979	Died

Dean

• Office of the Dean of Science, Faculty of Science (1903 - )

  [1931 - 1935]

Professorial Chair

• Chair of Chemistry, Faculty of Science (1882 - 1959)

  [1927 - 1954]

Related Units

• Optical Munitions Panel (1940 - 1945)

  Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Optical Materials

  [1940 - 1945]

• '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.
• '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.
• 'Hartung, Ernst Johannes (1893 - 1979), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000481b.htm.

• 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.
• Bolton, H.C., 'Some themes in the development of optics in Australia', Australian Physicist, 1984, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/bolton1.htm.
• 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, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/mellor.htm.
• Sherratt, Tim and Condé, Anne-Marie, A Wartime Observatory Observed - The Mount Stromlo Community, 1940-1945, Australian Science Archives Project, 1994, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/tps_stromlo_draft.htm.