Biographical entry McGee, James Dwyer (1903 - 1987)

Summary

James Dwyer McGee was a long-term Research Physicist at EMI and Senior Research Fellow of Applied Physics at Imperial College, London from 1971-1980

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Events

1927

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1928

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1928 - 1931

Award - 1851 Exhibition Scholar

1931

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

1931 - 1954

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

1954 - 1971

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

1965

Education - Doctor of Science (ScD) received from the University of Cambridge

1971 - 1980

Career position - Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College

Published resources

Online Resources

• '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
• National Library of Australia, 'McGee, James Dwyer', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475533. Details

See also

• Davies, Susan, 'R. v.d. R. Wooley in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, 1984, pp. 59-69. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9840610059.htm. Details