| Authorised form of name | Gowing; Margaret Mary (1921 - 1998) |
| Other forms of name | Margaret |
| Other forms of surname | Elliott |
| Dates | 1921 - 1998 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 26/04/1921 |
| Date of death | 07/11/1998 |
| Research field | History of Science |
| Activity | Education:
Portobello Road Elementary School; Christ's Hospital; London School of Economics (LSE). BSc (economics)
Career:
Worked for the Board of Trade (1941-1945); became a historian in the Cabinet Office, contributing to the civil economic and socail history of World War II; member of the Committee on Departmental Records (1952) which led to the Grigg Report (1954) and the Public Records Act (1958); Archivist/historian to the UK Atomic Energy Authority (1959), providing her with the opportunity to embark on what was to become her life-work, the history of atomic energy and its social, political and economic implications for peace of war; Reader in Contemporary History, University of Kent (1966); appointed first Professor of the History of Science at Oxford (1972); established, with Nicholas Kurti (FRS 1956) and with the support of the Royal Society, the Contemporary Scientific Archives Centre, Oxford thenat Bath, now at the Science Museum), and was Honorary Director (1973-1986); on Advisory Council on Public Records (1974-1982); on BBC Archives Advisory Committee (1976-1979); on governing body, Imperial War Museum; Trustee, National Portrait Gallery; elected to Fellowship ofthe British Academy (1975)
Honours:
CBE 1981
Memberships:
FBA |
| Membership category | Statute 12 |
| Date of election | 30/06/1988 |
| Age at election | 67 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Wilkins 1976 |
| Relationships | Married (1944) Donald Gowing (died 1969); 2 sons |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: Isis 90:2 (1999); Times (11 November 1998) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/4922169 |
| Code | NA5966 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1988/47 | Gowing, Margaret Mary: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1988 |
| PB/1/26 | Miscellaneous correspondence re portraits and photographs of Blackett | |
| PB/1/30 | Requests for historical / biographical information. | 1970-1972 |
| PB/4/10/17 | Correspondence with Margaret Gowing re her history of atomic energy and Blackett's papers, reproduced or referred to therein | 1972 |