| Authorised form of name | McCrea; Sir; William Hunter (1904 - 1999); astronomer |
| Dates | 1904 - 1999 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 13/12/1904 |
| Date of death | 25/04/1999 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Honours:
Kt 1985
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1952 |
| Age at election | 47 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1954-1955 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs 2007, Volume 53, pp 223- 236 by Leon Mestel FRS and Bernard E J Pagel FRS
References:
W Hayes, 'Physics as well as poetry. Physicists of Ireland, edited by M McCartney and A Whitaker' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 245-246 |
| Code | NA261 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PB/8/10/4 | Correspondence with scientific colleagues, with recollections and information on Evan James Williams's work and personality. | 1945-1946 |
| PB/9/1/101/10 | Royal Society correspondence | 1969 |
| PB/4/9/2/9 | 'Towed charge as A/U weapon' | 7 March 1945 |
| PB/3/1/3/4/3 | Correspondence with FG Major | 1954 |
| PB/1/33/1/6 | Nobel Prize | 1948 |
| IM/GA/WRS/9063 | McCrea, William Hunter | nd |
| PB/3/1/3/3/27 | Correspondence with WH McCrea following Blackett's 1947 paper on magnetism | August 1947 |
| HWT/33/13 | H W Thompson's personal correspondence as Foreign Secretary | July - September 1971 |
| PB/2/5/2/2 | Correspondence and notes by others | 1956-1957 |
| IM/GA/WS/4349 | McCrea, William Hunter | nd |
| EC/1952/13 | McCrea, Sir William Hunter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PB/8/75/2/3 | Correspondence re current developments in British Astronomy. | 1967 |
| PB/9/1/101/3 | Royal Society correspondence | 1960-1961 |
| TG/1/2/7 | Letter from Thomas Gold to Professor William Hunter McCrea, Royal Holloway College, Eaglefield Green, Surrey | 1 July 1964 |
| PB/1/33/2 | Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society | 1956 |
| RR/50/53 | Referee's report by George Neville Watson, on a paper 'Boundary conditions for the wave equation' by William Hunter McCrea and R A Newing | 14 April 1933 |