John William White

Black-and-white photograph of John William White. John William White was a pioneer in the application of neutron scattering to che mistry, one of the most influential advocates for neutron facilities globally, and was a friend and mentor to a great many neutron scattering scientists working worldwide. His career began at the University of Sydney, before periods of research at University of Oxford—initially as a DPhil student but subsequently as a fellow at St John's College—and the Institut Laue Langevin neutron facility in Grenoble, France, before returning to Australia as professor at the Australian National University in Canberra. Note: This memoir was commissioned by the Historical Records of Australian Science and is published here with minor amendments. It was published in December 2025 and is available at https://doi.org/10.1071/HR25015.