death_date death_place birth_place citizenship awards nationality workplaces birth_date known_for image article_title name alma_mater
15 january 2007 princeton , new jersey brantford , ontario , canada canadian american ieee founders medal -lrb- 1981 -rrb- canadian rca 22 august 1915 commercializing society of america -lrb- 1945 -rrb- the electron microscope president of the electron microscope james hillier.jpg james hillier
 james hillier university of toronto
james hillier

`` not to be confused with the british actor james hillier -lrb- actor -rrb- . ''
james hillier , -lrb- august 22 , 1915 -- january 15 , 2007 -rrb- was a canadian-born scientist and inventor who designed and built , with albert prebus , the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in north america in 1938 .
