Person Gowing; Margaret Mary (1921 - 1998) Gowing Margaret Mary Margaret Elliott 1921 - 1998 British Female 26/04/1921 19210426 07/11/1998 19981107

Linacre College, Oxford (1988)

History of Science 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 Married (1944) Donald Gowing (died 1969); 2 sons Lectures: Wilkins 1976 Statute 12 30/06/1988 67 Sources: Obituaries: Isis 90:2 (1999); Times (11 November 1998) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 26 Apr 1921 - 7 Nov 1998 NA5966 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/4922169 403ad0b1-7790-4d43-a64b-542db01449f5