James Hiller
Their first device magnified
objects to 7,000 times their original size.
Electron microscopes work by focussing a beam of electrons, rather than a beam of
light.
Hillier spent many years refining the electron microscope and marketing it to
research laboratories and universities, receiving a total of 41 patents for devices and
processes.
After retiring from work in 1977, Dr. Hillier went to the Third World and promoted
science and education. They had two sons: James Robert Hillier and William
Wynship Hillier.
James Hillier was also the the founder of James Hillier Foundation, which awards
scholarships to promising science students in his hometown of Brantford. On January
15, 2007, Hillier died in Princeton, New Jersey [1]
His work has brought him many honours, including the Order of Canada.
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