Alexander Keir Longair

1910 - 1982  (72 years)

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• Name	Alexander Keir Longair
  Relationship	Edward Graham
  Birth	28 Jan 1910	Dundee, Angus, Scotland
  	Birth cert: Born 19 Victoria St, Dundee. Father: William Longair, iron sawyer and Mother: Janet Sim, married 25 October, 1897, Dundee. Informant: William Longair, father.
  Gender	Male
  Known as	Keir
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Dundee, Angus, Scotland
  William, a football trainer for Dundee Football Club, and Janet are living at 19 Victoria St, Wallacetown, Dundee with their 3 sons, William, James and Alexander. They have been married 13 years, during which 4 children born alive and 3 living at the time of the census.
  Emigration	8 Dec 1952	Southampton, Hampshire, England
  Alexander, Jean and their 2 year old son John, depart Southampton on the SS Queen Elizabeth to disembark on 13 December in New York, in transit for Canada.
  Occupation	Alexander Keir Longair Scientist - New PQST: This was taken from a clipping, possibly from the Dundee Courier sometime in 1952. Mr Alexander Keir Longair, Dundee born scientist, who was one of Britain's atomic research team during the war, has received a new appointment in Canada. For five years he has been assistant scientific attache at the British Embassy in Washington. He is currently spending a motoring holiday in Scotland with his Canadian born wife Jean and their 2 year old son John. Next month he sails for New York on his way to Ottawa to a post in the Department of National Defence. Youngest son of the late Mr William (Plum) Longair, former Dundee FC player and trainer, and the late Mrs Janet Longair. He was educated at Morgan Academy, and graduated M.A. B.Sc with first-class honours in natural philosophy at St Andrews University. He remained at St Andrews on research work from 1933 until 1936 when he was appointed a junior scientific officer at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington, Middlesex. Four years later he joined the staff of the Department of Scientific & Research, London. When the department took over atomic research work in 1941 he was assigned to this branch in an administrative capacity under Sir Edward Appleton, now principal of Edinburgh University. His colleagues on the technical side included Dr W.G. Peaney who directed the Monte Bello Exploration. Mr Longair visited Washington and Canada in 1944 in connection with the transfer of atomic experiments to USA. Shortly before his appointment to Washington in 1947 he visited Dundee for the British Association and spoke at Perth and Blairgowrie on atomic energy. Mr Longair's twin elder brothers, James and William Longair reside at 7 Auchrannie Terr and 4 Kennelworth Ave, Dundee, respectively. There is also a reference to Alexander Longair in a book called 'Spying without Spies'.
  Death	13 Oct 1982	Ringwood, Hampshire, England
  	Car crash victim. Obituary: wife, Jean and children: John, Robert and Anne.
  Siblings	3 siblings
  1. William Longair           b. 4 Oct 1900, Dundee, Angus, Scotland           d. 1978, Dundee, Angus, Scotland  (Age 77 years)   2. James Sim Longair           b. 4 Oct 1900, Dundee, Angus, Scotland           d. 14 Mar 1969, Dundee, Angus, Scotland  (Age 68 years)   3. Margaret Taylor Longair           b. 5 Jun 1908, Dundee, Angus, Scotland           d. 27 Jun 1908, Dundee, Angus, Scotland  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I2850	Graham Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	William Longair           b. 19 Jul 1870, Dundee, Angus, Scotland           d. 28 Nov 1926, Dundee, Angus, Scotland (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Janet Sim           b. 30 Dec 1872, Dunbog, Fife, Scotland           d. 24 Apr 1943, Dundee, Angus, Scotland (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1897	Dundee, Angus, Scotland
  	Information from twin sons James and William's birth cert.
  Family ID	F1773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Jean Margaret Findlay           b. 7 Oct 1919, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada           d. 24 Mar 1994, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1948	Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F2064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Jan 1910 - Dundee, Angus, Scotland Census - William, a football trainer for Dundee Football Club, and Janet are living at 19 Victoria St, Wallacetown, Dundee with their 3 sons, William, James and Alexander. They have been married 13 years, during which 4 children born alive and 3 living at the time of the census. - 2 Apr 1911 - Dundee, Angus, Scotland Marriage - 19 Oct 1948 - Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Emigration - Alexander, Jean and their 2 year old son John, depart Southampton on the SS Queen Elizabeth to disembark on 13 December in New York, in transit for Canada. - 8 Dec 1952 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Death - 13 Oct 1982 - Ringwood, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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