Person Series; George William (1920 - 1995) Series George William 1920 - 1995 British Male 22/02/1920 19200222 02/01/1995 19950102

Education: St Mary's School, Basingstoke; Reading School (1934-1938); St John's College, Oxford (entered 1938, Mathematics and Physics); DPhil (after 1945) Career: Was a Pacifist, so undertook Air Raid relief work, London, then joined the Friends Ambulance Unit and served in the Middle East, Italy and former Yugoslavia (World War II); research in optical spectroscopy, under H G Kuhn (FRS 1954); University Lecturer in Physics, Oxford (1951); Tutorial Fellow, St Edmund's Hall, Oxford (1953-1968); Emeritus Fellow (1969); Professor of Physics, Reading University (1968-1982); took early retirement (1982) Memberships: Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society (1972); Fellow, American Physical Society (1975); Fellow, Optical Society of America (1975); Honorary Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (1984) Fellow 18/03/1971 51 AssocMaterial: NCUACS 61/4/96. Papers deposited in the Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Reading University Library Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996 vol 42 pp 385-398, plate, by Brebis Bleaney 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 22 Feb 1920 - 2 Jan 1995 NA5989 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 07/08/2023 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/92565599 db7ebca7-5893-4341-9f85-bc8566aa0656