McVittie, George C. (George Cunliffe)
George C. McVittie addition to papers, 1984-1990.
Comprises article on McVittie's 80th birthday from the University of Kent, England, newsletter and two paragraphs from a 1984 letter from McVittie to Swenson; University of Illinois Memorial on McVittie and obituaries from English newspapers; report on 1989 meeting at the Royal Astronomical Society, London; and an obituary for McVittie by Swenson from Vistas in Astronomy, Pergamon, 1990.
McVittie (1904-1988). Astronomer (cosmology, gravitational collapse, quasars), educator and applied mathematician. On the mathematics faculty at University of London, Kings College (1936-1948); Queen Mary College (1948-1952); and head, department of astronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, from 1952.
McVittie, George C. (George Cunliffe)
Vistas in astronomy.
University of Kent [England] newsletter.
Articles. aat aat
Obituaries. aat ftamc
Astronomers. lcsh
Swenson.
Royal Astronomical Society -- Congresses.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Royal Astronomical Society Meeting (1989: London).
AIP-ICOS
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Archives. 1408 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA