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Authorised form of nameWhite; John William (1937 - 2023)
Dates1937 - 2023
NationalityAustralian
Place of birthNewcastle, England
Date of birth25/04/1937
Date of death16/08/2023
ActivityEducation:
Newcastle Boys High School; University of Sydney; Oxford University. MA; PhD (Oxford); BSc (Sydney); MSc
Career:
Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford (1961-1963); Fellow, St John's College, Oxford (1963-1985); Neutron Beam Co-ordinator, AERA, Harwell (1973-1974); Adjoint Director (1974-1977), then Director (1977-1980), Institute of Laue-Langevin, Grenoble; University Lecturer (and Assessor 1981-1982), Oxford University (1963-1985); Scientific Co-ordinator, Los Alamos National University, New Mexico (1982-1984); Founding Lecturer, Association of Asian Chemistry Societies (1991); Christensen Fellow, St Catherine's College, Oxford (1991); Hinshelwood Lecturer, Oxford University (1992); Pro Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University (1992-1994) Dean, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra (since 1985)
Honours:
CMG 1981
Memberships:
FRSC; FAA; Society of Crystallographers in Australia (President 1989-1991)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/03/1993
Age at election55
RelationshipsSon of George Alexander John and Jean Florence White; married (23 July 1966) Ailsa Barbara Vise; one son, three daughters
SourceSources:
WWA1998
CodeNA4052
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/004867White, John William1993
EC/1993/40White, John William: certificate of election to the Royal Society1990
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