Person
Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908 - 1983)
Kt
- Born
- 16 May 1908
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 27 November 1983
- Occupation
- Mathematical physicist and Physicist
Summary
Sir Harrie Massey, a graduate of the University of Melbourne, was the Goldsmid Professor of Mathematics, University College London 1938-1950, the Quain Professor and Head of the Physics Department from 1950-1972 and head of the department of physics and astronomy from 1972-1975.
Details
Chronology
- 1927
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1929
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne
- 1929
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1931
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship
- 1932
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1933 - 1938
- Career position - Independent Lecturer in Mathematical Physics at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland
- 1938 - 1950
- Career position - Goldsmid Professor of Mathematics at University College London
- 1950 - 1972
- Career position - Quain Professor and Head of the Department of Physics at University College London
- 1953 - 1957
- Career position - President, Atomic Scientists Association
- 1954 - 1956
- Career position - President, Physical Society
- 1955
- Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 1955
- Award - Hughes Medal, The Royal Society, London
- 1958
- Award - Royal Medal, The Royal Society, London
- 1960
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)
- 1965 -
- Career position - Chairman, Council of Science Policy
- 1967
- Award - Rutherford Memorial Lecture presented to the Royal Society
- 1969 - 1973
- Career position - Vice-Provost at University College London
- 1972 - 1975
- Career position - Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London
- 1974
- Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 1982
- Award - Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
- 1984
- Award - Anglo-Australian base laboratory building named the Massey building in his honour
- 1990
- Award - The Harrie Massey Medal established by the Australian Institute of Physics and the Institute of Physics (UK)
Related entries
Archival resources
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne
- Audio of Sir Harrie Massey's 1980 T.H. Laby Centennial Lecture, 26 August 1980, P001335; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey - Records, 1920 - 1970, DeB 489; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
University of Adelaide, Physics Department
- Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey - Records, 1949; University of Adelaide, Physics Department. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Australasian Science, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/journal.htm. Details
- Exhibition Papers, A Bright Sparcs Exhibition, Australian Science Archives Project, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/papers/exhib_papers.htm. Details
Articles
- Sherratt, Tim, 'Political Fallout: Australian Scientists and the Atomic Bomb', Australasian Science, Spring (1996), http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/journal/as_fallout.htm. Details
Book Sections
- Home, R. W., 'Massey, Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908-1983), Physicist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 138-40. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/massey-sir-harrie-stewart-14946. Details
Journal Articles
- Massey, H. S. W., 'David Forbes Martyn 1906 - 1970', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 17 (1971), 497-510. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1971.0019. Details
- Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson, 'T. H. Laby, FRS: the 1980 Laby memorial lecture', Australian Physicist, 17 (11) (1980), 181-187. Details
- Mohr, C. B. O., 'Professor Sir Harrie Massey - Obituary', Australian Physicist, 21 (1984), 11. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1586143. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/61607002. Details
- 'Massey, Harrie (19080516-19831127)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1206144. Details
- 'Awarded honorary LLD, 1955', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DSc, 1974', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
See also
- 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. Details
- Davies, Susan, 'R. v.d. R. Wooley in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (1) (1984), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9840610059. Details
- Hill, Dorothy, 'Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710079. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 24 October 2024
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