Person
Moodie, Alexander Forbes (1923 - 2018)
FAA
- Born
- 6 August 1923
Scotland - Died
- 8 July 2018
- Occupation
- Crystallographer
Summary
Alexander Forbes Moodie was Chief Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics in Victoria from 1948. As a pioneer of electron diffraction, Moodie played a vital role in the theoretical and experimental developments that revolutionised the fields of electron diffraction and microscopy of crystals. He made important contributions to the initial formulation of a complete n-bean theory of electron diffraction and the computing methods permitting its application to practical problems in solid-state physics and chemistry. Moodie was the first ever recipient (co-winner) of the Ewald Prize from the International Union of Applied Crystallography. The prize was awarded to Moodie because of his "outstanding achievements in electron diffraction and microscopy, especially for their fundamental contributions to the theory and technique of direct imaging of crystal structures and structure defects by high resolution electron microscopy".
Details
Chronology
- 1948 -
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Chemical Physics, Victoria
- 1948
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), St Andrews University, Scotland
- 1970 - 1979
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Crystallography, Australian Academy of Science
- 1973 - 2018
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1979 - 1983
- Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Crystallography, Australian Academy of Science
- 1988
- Award - Ewald Prize, International Union of Applied Crystallography
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Recipients of the First Ewald Prize', Crystallography News, 21 (1987). Details
- Anon, 'Professor Alex Moodie FAA 1923 - 2018', Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science, 119 (2018), 14. https://www.science.org.au/files/userfiles/events/newsletters/119/academy-newlsetter-august18-119.pdf. Details
- Moodie, A. F.; and Spence, J. C. H., 'John Maxwell Cowley, 1923-2004', Historical Records of Australian Science, 17 (2) (2006), 227-262, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR06012. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66738943. Details
- 'Moodie, Alexander Forbes (19230806-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476479. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 29 January 2026