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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001734b.htm person McGee James Dwyer OBE FRS AACR2 17 December 1903 28 February 1987 Place of Birth Tuggeranong, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Physicist 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. 1927 1927 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1928 1928 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney 1928 1931 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1931 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 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 1965 Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge 1966 1966 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1971 1980 Career position - Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1928-1931.

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 McGee, James Dwyer (1903-1987)

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 'McGee, James Dwyer', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McGee, James Dwyer Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: McGee, James Dwyer McGee, James Dwyer Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: James Dwyer McGee, 17 December 1903 - 28 February 1987 Morgan, B. L. James Dwyer McGee, 17 December 1903 - 28 February 1987 1988 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 34 513-55 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