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James Hillier | |
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| Born | August 22, 1915 Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | January 15, 2007 (aged 91) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Citizenship | Canadian, American |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Known for | Commercializing the electron microscope President of the Electron Microscope Society of America (1945) |
| Awards | Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960) IEEE Founders Medal (1981) |
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| Institutions | RCA |
James Hillier, OC (August 22, 1915 – January 15, 2007) was a Canadian-American scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938.[1]
- ^ Newberry, Sterling (September 2007). "Obituary: James Hillier". Physics Today. 60 (9): 87–88. Bibcode:2007PhT....60i..87N. doi:10.1063/1.2784698.