Person

Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908 - 1983)

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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.

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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)

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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

Articles

Book Sections

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

See also

Gavan McCarthy

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