Famous People with Name Mccrea

Sir William Hunter McCrea            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sir William Hunter McCrea: was an English astronomer and mathematician.In 1928, he studied Albrecht Unsöld's hypothesis, and discovered that three quarters of the Sun is made of Hydrogen, and about one quarter is Helium, with 1% being other elements. Previous to this many people thought the Sun consisted mostly of Iron. After this, people realised most stars consist of Hydrogen.He went to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1923 where he studied Mathematics, later gaining a PhD in 1929. He was later appointed a lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh in 1929. He also served as reader and assistant professor at Imperial College London. In 1936 he became head of the mathematics department at the Queen's University of Belfast. After serving in the war, he joined the mathematics department at Royal Holloway College in 1944 (the McCrea Building on Royal Holloway's campus is named after him). In 1965, McCrea created the astronomy centre of the physics department at the University of Sussex.

Basil McCrea            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Basil McCrea: is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member for Lagan Valley. He unsuccessfully contested the 2005 UK General Election in Lagan Valley for the UUP. He is a U

Walter McCrea            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter McCrea: was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1871.He was called to the bar in 1850 and set up a practice in Chatham. McCrea served as captain in the local militia and was also mayor of Chatham in 1859. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in 1862 representing the Western division, was appointed to the Senate in 1867 and resigned in 1871, when he was appointed judge in the Algoma District and moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.