| Authorised form of name | Purcell; Edward Mills (1912 - 1997) |
| Dates | 1912 - 1997 |
| Date of birth | 30/08/1912 |
| Date of death | 07/03/1997 |
| Activity | Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physics) 1952 |
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 29/06/1989 |
| Age at election | 76 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1999 vol 45 pp 437-447, plate, by Brebis Bleaney
References:
B Bleaney, 'Jubilees of Radio-Frequency Spectroscopy' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 317-326, plate
B Bleaney and O V Lounasmaa, 'Nuclear orientation and nuclear cooling experiments in Oxford and Helsinki. Part 1. Progress before 1940' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 317 - 322
B Bleaney and O V Lounasmaa, 'Nuclear orientation and nuclear cooling experiments in Oxford and Helsinki. Part 3. Progress from 1975 to 2001' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 331 - 344
B Lovell, 'The cavity magnetron in World War II: was the secrecy justified?' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 283 - 294 |
| Code | NA2457 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1989/46 | Purcell, Edward Mills: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1986 |