Person
Messel, Harry (1922 - 2015)
AC
- Born
- 3 March 1922
Levine Siding, Manitoba, Canada - Died
- 8 July 2015
Southport, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Physicist and University Chancellor
Summary
Harry Messel was Professor of Physics and Head of the School of Physics, University of Sydney 1952-1987. Earlier he had lectured in mathematical physics at the University of Adelaide 1951-1952.
Details
Chronology
- 1951 - 1952
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide
- 1952 - 1987
- Career position - Professor and Head, School of Physics, University of Sydney
- 1954 - 1987
- Career position - Director, Nuclear Research Foundation (later Science Foundation for Physics), University of Sydney
- 1975 - 1981
- Career position - Commissioner, Australian Atomic Energy Commission
- 1978
- Award - Commander (Civil) of the Order of the British Empire(CBE)
- 1987
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
- 1989 - 2004
- Career position - Chairman, Crocodile Specialist Group, IUCN/Species Survival Commission
- 1992
- Award - DSc (Honoris Causa), University of Sydney
- 1992 - 1997
- Career position - Chancellor, Bond University, Queensland
- 1995
- Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2004
- Award - Sir Peter Scott Medal, International Union for the Conservation of Nature
- 2006
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to Australian science and to education as an outstanding educator raising awareness of the importance of the study of science and in particular physics, for instrumental contributions to improving science teaching in schools, and for conservation advocacy relating to endangered crocodile and alligator specie
- 2014
- Award - Academy Medal (jointly), Australian Academy of Science , Australian Academy of Science
Related entries
Subordinate
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Harry Messel - Records, 1925 - 1972, DeB 577; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
University of Sydney, Archives
- Harry Messel - Records, 1952 - 1981, P 146; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Edited Books
- Moyal, Ann ed., Portraits in Science (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1994), 209 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituaries', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter, 101 (2015), https://science.org.au/publications/newsletter-101/deceased-fellows. Details
- Hewitt, Robert G., 'Emeritus Professor Harry Messel AC CBE, 3 March 1922 - 8 July 2015', Australian Physics, 52 (2) (2015), 176. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11171908. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/110347149. Details
- Academy Medal, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/academy-medal-0. Details
- 'Messel, H (1922-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-492817. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details
- Binnie, Anna, 'Oliphant, the Father of Atomic Energy', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 139 (2006), 11-22, https://royalsoc.org.au/images/pdf/journal/139_Binnie2.pdf. Details
- Danos, Trevor, The pursuit of excellence: a history of the Harry Messel International Science School (Crawley, W.A.: UWA Press, 2012), 148 pp. Details
- Watson-Munro, C. N., 'Stuart Thomas Butler 1926-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540082. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 30 November 2021
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