Harry Messel (born 3 March 1922) is a retired Australian physicist and educator.
Messel was born in Canada of Ukrainian parents. He was brought up in Levine Siding in Manitoba and attended Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. During the Second World War he served as a paratrooper with the Canadian Forces.
Messel moved to Australia in 1951. He lectured in mathematical physics at the University of Adelaide 1951-52, before being appointed in 1952 as Professor of Physics and Head of the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, a position he only retired from in 1987. In 1952 he established the Nuclear Research Foundation, later known as the Science Foundation for Physics .
Messel was also Chancellor and CEO of Bond University 1992-1997.
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