Hill, John McGregor, Sir, 1921-
Sir John McGregor Hill papers and correspondence, 1946-1994.
Biographical material is slight. It includes biographical profiles and press cuttings, and papers relating to Hill's appointment and retirement from UKAEA (UK Atomic Energy Authority). Documentation of Hill's publications, lectures and speeches forms the main body of the collection. The bulk of the material consists of articles, speeches and lectures given during the period 1965-1983. This covers Hill's charimanship of the UKAEA and the material may have been assembled in that context. There are a few later speeches and lectures, 1987-1994 and a set of Hill's publications. The principal component of Hill's correspondence is a chronological sequence, covering the period 1980-1983, of carbon copies of Hill's correspondence to ministers in the Department of Energy and to others in various organizations and institutions in Britain and abroad. During this period Hill was President of the Institute of Energy, Chairman of the BNFL and Chairman of Amersham International plc.
Received PhD in nuclear physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. In 1948 he was appointed Lecturer in Physics in the University of London. In 1950 Hill joined the Dept. of Atomic Energy. Appointed to the Main Board of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (as the Dept. of Atomic Energy had been renamed) in 1964. Chairman of the UKAEA (1967-1981). In 1971, Hill became Chairman of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, (formally the Production Group of UKAEA), and in 1975 he succeeded Sir Charles Cunningham as Chairman of the Radiochemical Center Ltd (later Amersham International plc). He retrired as Chairman of BNFL in 1983 and Amersham International plc in 1988. Hill was elected FRS in 1981 and FEng in 1982. He was knighted in 1969.
Hill, John McGregor, Sir, 1921-
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority -- Administration.
British Nuclear Fuels Limited.
Radiochemical Centre (Great Britain).
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Churchill College. Archives Centre. Cambridge CB3 0DS