Biographical sources for engineering
Information about individuals who have influenced the course of engineering
may illuminate the topic and improve understanding. Biographical
information about engineers, inventors, mathematicians and scientists is
available in a range of materials. Below is a selection of sources
available in the Library, providing detailed information about a person's
life and work, as well as lists of references to publications where details
can be found.
Blackwell encyclopedia of industrial archaeology. 1992.
Reference collection 609 T833b
Includes some biographical articles for the
period 1650-1950.
Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. 1996.
Reference collection 609.22 D274b
Includes persons who have contributed to the
development of technology.
Dictionary of industrial archaeology. 1996.
Reference collection 609 J79d
Dictionary of scientific biography. 16 volumes. 1970-76.
Reference collection 920 D5513
Engineers and inventors. 1985.
Reference collection 609.22 A131e
Famous names in engineering. 1981.
Reference collection 509.2 C328f
History of civil engineering since 1600: an annotated bibliography.
1986.
Reference collection 624.09 S794h
The history of engineering science: an annotated bibliography.
1989.
Reference collection 620.009 C458h
Isis cumulative bibliography: a bibliography of the history
of science. 1913-1965; 1966-1975; 1976-1985.
Reference collection 509.05 I8c
Supplemented by issues of
Isis: critical bibliography. 1976-
Reference collection 509.05 I8
Timetables of technology: a chronology of the most important people
and events in the history of technology. 1993.
Reference collection 609 B942t
for AMERICA
Biographical dictionary of American civil engineers. 1972.
Reference collection 624.0922 A512b
for AUSTRALIA
Australian dictionary of biography: 1788-1980.
Reference collection 920 A937
Australian national bibliography: 1901-1950. 1980.
Reference collection 015.9405 A9
Australians: a guide to sources.
Reference collection 994. A9425 7
Dictionary of Australian inventions and discoveries. 1993.
Reference collection 609.94 M172d
Index to journal articles on Australian history. 1973-88
Reference collection 994.0016 I38
South Australian Parliamentary Papers as a source of engineering
history. 1984.
Special collections 620.0099423 C971s
They built South Australia: engineers, technicans, contractors and
their work. 1986.
Reference collection 620.0099423 C971t
for EUROPE
Biographical dictionary of scientists. 2nd ed. 1994.
Reference collection 509.22 P847b
Biographical index of British engineers. 1975.
Reference collection 920 B4355b
British civil engineering, 1640-1840; a bibliography of contemporary
printed reports. 1987.
Reference collection 624.09 S627b
Our scientific heritage: an A-Z of Great Britain and Ireland.
1996.
Reference collection 509 W727o
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