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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001335b.htm person Massey Harrie Stewart Wilson Kt AACR2 16 May 1908 27 November 1983 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mathematical physicist Physicist 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. 1927 1927 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1929 1929 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Melbourne 1929 1929 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1931 1931 Award - 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship 1932 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 1952 1952 Award - Pollock Memorial Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales 1953 1957 Career position - President, Atomic Scientists Association 1954 1956 Career position - President, Physical Society 1955 1955 Award - Hughes Medal, The Royal Society, London 1955 1955 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1958 1958 Award - Royal Medal, The Royal Society, London 1960 1960 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1965 Career position - Chairman, Council of Science Policy 1967 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 1974 Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1982 1982 Award - Gold Medal, Royal Astronomical Society 1984 1984 Award - Anglo-Australian base laboratory building named the Massey building in his honour 1990 1990 Award - The Harrie Massey Medal established by the Australian Institute of Physics and the Institute of Physics (UK) Burhop, Eric Henry Stoneley (1911 - 1980) Harrie Massey Medal and Prize, Australian Institute of Physics (1990 - )

The Medal has been awarded by the Australian Institute of Physics jointly with the Institute of Physics (UK) since 1990

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship: 1931.

 Pollock Award and Lectureship in the Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Royal Society of New South Wales (1949 - )

Awarded the Pollock Memorial Lecture 1952

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 'Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Article: Political Fallout: Australian Scientists and the Atomic Bomb Sherratt, Tim Political Fallout: Australian Scientists and the Atomic Bomb 1996 Australasian Science Spring Journal Article: Professor Sir Harrie Massey - Obituary Mohr, C. B. O. Professor Sir Harrie Massey - Obituary 1984 Australian Physicist 21 11 Journal Article: David Forbes Martyn 1906 - 1970 Massey, H. S. W. David Forbes Martyn 1906 - 1970 1971 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 17 497-510 Journal Article: T. H. Laby, FRS: the 1980 Laby memorial lecture Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson T. H. Laby, FRS: the 1980 Laby memorial lecture 1980 Australian Physicist 17 11 181-187 Book Section: Massey, Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908-1983), physicist Home, R. W. Massey, Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson (1908-1983), physicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 138-40 Journal Article: R. v.d. R. Woolley in Australia Davies, Susan R. v.d. R. Woolley in Australia 1984 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 1 59-69 Journal Article: Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986 Hill, Dorothy Edwin Sherbon Hills, 1906-1986 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 79-95 Journal Article: Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities Bolton, H. C. Optical Instruments in Australia in the 1939-45 War: successes and lost opportunities Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1990 Bright Sparcs Exhibition Papers Audio of Sir Harrie Massey's 1980 T.H. Laby Centennial Lecture Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne Audio of Sir Harrie Massey's 1980 T.H. Laby Centennial Lecture P001335 26 August 1980 Side A: T.H. Laby Centennial Lecture. Side B: Chairman V/C Professor Sir David Derham introduced by Professor T.F. Smith (AIP Victorian Chairman). Response from B. M. Spicer 1 Tape Audio Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey - Records National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey - Records DeB 489 1920 - 1970 Oral history recording with Hazel de Berg 13 April 1970, c60 minutes, 22 page transcript [DeB 489]. 1 reel Audio Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey - Records University of Adelaide, Physics Department Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey - Records 1949 Pyrox magnetic wire recorder numbered "2039" with five reels, two of which are Massey lectures: 1. Fundamental Particles, 2 August 1949; 2. Ionized Layers, 1 August 1949 [Recorder, wire 85.184]. See also the Cutting Book 22 September 1948 - 31 December 1949, University of Adelaide Archives. Audio