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About Roderick Weir Home
- Roderick Weir "R.W." Home (born 6 January 1939), ia an Australian academic and historian of Science.
- Home has been Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne from 1975 to 2002 on his retirement.
- Previously he was lecturer and then senior lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. He was Foundation Director of the Australian Science Archives Project (ASAP) 1985-96 and Chairman of its National Advisory Board.
- The work of ASAP is now carried on by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, a leading centre for the online documentation of the history of Australian science and technology.
- Professor Home is a prolific author, with major historical works to his credit; for example, documenting the scientific achievements of Ferdinand von Mueller, the German-Austrian scientist who was appointed Government Botanist for Victoria by Governor Charles La Trobe in 1853.
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