McGee, James Dwyer (1903 - 1987)

Summary

James McGee was a long-term research physicist specialising in the field of photoelectronics at EMI from 1931 to 1954, and as Professor and Senior Research Fellow of Applied Physics at Imperial College, London 1954 -1980.

Details

Chronology

1927

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1928

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney

1928 - 1931

Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship

1931

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK

1931 - 1954

Career position - Research Physicist with E.M.I. Ltd., UK

1 Jan 1952

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1954 - 1971

Career position - Professor of Applied Physics, Imperial College, London

1965

Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge

1966

Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

1971 - 1980

Career position - Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Morgan, B. L., 'James Dwyer McGee, 17 December 1903 - 28 February 1987', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 34 (1988), 513-55. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1988.0017. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21165264. Details
• 'McGee, James Dwyer (1903-1987)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475533. Details

Resource Sections

• 'McGee, James Dwyer', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001734p.htm. Details

See also

• 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