layout: person nodeid: bookofproofs$McVittie categories: history,20th-century parentid: bookofproofs$604 tags: astronomy,origin-turkey orderid: 1904 title: Mcvittie, George Cunliffe born: 1904 died: 1988 keywords: george mcvittie,mcvittie description: George McVittie studied at Edinburgh and Cambridge. He then held posts at Leeds, Edinburgh and London and became Professor of Astronomy at the University of Illinois. His main work was in Relativity and Cosmology. references: bookofproofs$6909 contributors: @J-J-O'Connor,@E-F-Robertson,bookofproofs
George McVittie studied at Edinburgh and Cambridge. He then held posts at Leeds, Edinburgh and London and became Professor of Astronomy at the University of Illinois. His main work was in Relativity and Cosmology.
- George entered the University of Edinburgh in 1923.
- McVittie held appointments as follows: Assistant Lecturer at Leeds University 1930-34; Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh 1933-34; Reader at King's College, University of London 1936-48; Professor at Queen Mary's College, University of London 1948-52; Professor at Illinois University Observatory 1952-1972; and Honorary Professor at the University of Kent at Canterbury 1972-1988.
- McVittie was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 1 March 1943, having been proposed by David Gibb, Ivor M H Etherington, Robert Schlapp, and Alexander C Aitken.
- An obituary, written by M A H MacCallum, appeared in: George Cunliffe McVittie (1904-1988) (obituary), Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 30 (3) (1989), 119-122.
- Another obituary of George Cunliffe McVittie, this time written by William McCrea, appeared in The Independent on Friday 11 March 1988.
Born 5 June 1904, Smyrna, Turkey (now Izmir). Died 8 March 1988, Canterbury, Kent, England.
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