 After a long illness , Massey died at his home in Esher , Surrey , which Jessica had named " Kalamunda " , from the Australian Aboriginal word for the area in Western Australia where she had once lived , on 27 November 1983 . He was survived by his wife and daughter . The Royal Society / COSPAR Massey Award is named after him , as is the Harrie Massey Lecture Theatre and Harrie Massey Prize at University College , London , and the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize , jointly awarded by the Australian Institute of Physics and British Institute of Physics . His papers are in the University College , London , archives . 
