Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908 - 1983)

Chronology

1927	Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1929	Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne
1929	Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1932	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1933 - 1938	Independent Lecturer in Mathematical Physics at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland
1938 - 1950	Goldsmid Professor of Mathematics at University College London
1950 - 1972	Quain Professor and Head of the Department of Physics at University College London
1953 - 1957	President of the Atomic Scientists Association
1954 - 1956	President of the Physical Society
1955	Hughes Medal received from the Royal Society
1958	Royal Medal received from the Royal Society
1960	Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)
1965 -	Chairman of the Council of Science Policy
1967	Rutherford Memorial Lecture presented to the Royal Society
1969 - 1973	Vice-Provost at University College London
1972 - 1975	Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London
1982	Gold Medal received from the Royal Astronomical Society
1984	Anglo-Australian base laboratory building named the Massey building in his honour
1990	The Massey Medal established by the Australian Institute of Physics

• 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 ]