Hugh Carmichael

Background

Carmichael, Hugh was born on November 10, 1906 in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland. Son of Dugald and Agnes Macmillan (Macaulay) Carmichael.

Education

Bachelor of Science with 1st class honors in Physics, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge, England, 1936; Master of Arts, University Cambridge, 1939.

Career

Demonstrator in physics, U. Cambridge, 1937-1944; senior principal science officer Ministry of Supply, Atomic Energy Mission to Canada, 1944-1950; principal research officer, head general physics branch, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd., 1950-1971; consultant, 1971-1995. Member Wordie expedition to N.W. Greenland and the Canada Arctic, 1937. Physicist British Meteorological Office, 1939-1940, Hankey Scheme, 1941-1944.

Achievements

• Hugh Carmichael has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Society Canada. Member Canada Association Physicists, American Geophysical Union.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, golf, curling, hunting.

Connections

Married Margaret Elizabeth May Maclennan (deceased), October 23, 1937. Children: Dugald Macaulay, Margaret Lind Carmichael Stuart, Elizabeth Agnes Carmichael Cooper, Hugh Alexander Lorne.

Father:

Dugald Carmichael

Mother:

Agnes Macmillan (Macaulay) Carmichael

Spouse:

Margaret Elizabeth May Maclennan

child:

Elizabeth Agnes Carmichael Cooper Carmichael

child:

Margaret Lind Carmichael Stuart Carmichael

child:

Hugh Alexander Lorne Carmichael

child:

Dugald Macaulay Carmichael