Person Bhabha; Homi Jehangir (1909 - 1966) Bhabha Homi Jehangir 1909 - 1966 Indian Male 30/10/1909 19091030 24/01/1966 19660124

Education: BA, PhD (Cantab) Career: Reader (1940) and Professor (1942) at the Bangalore Institute of Science Director of the Tata Institute 1945-1966 Chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission 1948 President of the First United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 1955 Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency Scientific Advisory Committee 1955-1966 President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 1960-1963 Adams Prize 1942 Hopkins Prize of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1948 Melchett Award of the Fuel Institute London Padma Bhushan award for services to India 1954 Honorary Fellow Gonville and Caius College Cambridge 1957 Honorary Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh 1957 Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1959 Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States 1963 Honorary doctoral degrees in science at Patna 1944, Lucknow 1949, Banaras 1950, Agra 1952, Perth 1954, Allahabad 1958, Cambridge 1959, London 1960, Padova 1961. Fellow 20/03/1941 31 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1967 vol 13 pp 35-55, plate, by Penney References: Sir Arnold Wolfendale, 'A Magnificent Obsession', review of G Venkataraman, Bhabha and his Magnificent Obsession in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 265-266, plate Robert S Anderson, 'Patrick Blackett in India: Military Consultant and Scientific Intervenor, 1947-72. Part One' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 253-273 Robert S Anderson, 'Patrick Blackett in India: Military Consultant and Scientific Intervenor, 1947-72. Part Two' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 345-360 R Singh and F Riess, 'The nobel laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman FRS and his contacts with the British Scientific community in a social and political context' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 47-64 ©Artist's Estate 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 30 Oct 1909 - 24 Jan 1966 NA7118 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes da71130b-3365-4ca5-a1c0-bcb066ba37db