William McCrea (astronomer)

Sir William Hunter McCrea ( born December 13, 1904 in Dublin, † 25 April 1999) was an Irish astronomer and mathematician.

William McCrea was born on December 13, 1904 as the eldest child of Robert Hunter McCrea and Margaret Hutton. McCrea studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and taught at the University of Edinburgh and at Imperial College London before joining in 1936 as a professor of mathematics at the Queen's University of Belfast.

McCrea was elected in 1952 as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society. He was 1961-1963 President of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1976 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1985 he was knighted knighted.

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  • Entry in the archive of the Royal Society (English)
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