Guy Kendall White graduated from the University of Sydney, obtaining a BSc (Hons) (1st class) in 1945 and an MSc in 1947. He attended the University of Oxford and obtained a DPhil, studying low-temperature physics in the Clarendon Laboratory. He had a productive research career as a condensed matter experimental physicist, focusing on transport and thermophysical properties of solids at low temperatures. He had an extensive network of international collaborators and, in 1959, authored Experimental Techniques in Low-Temperature Physics, which came to be regarded as an essential handbook for those doing low-temperature physics. He was a world leader in the field of thermal expansion in solids at low temperatures. He produced important compilations of thermophysical data that are of great value to technologists, scientists and engineers. He was influential in the development of the discipline of solid state physics in Australia, and his mentoring launched the careers of many young scientists.

Guy Kendall White 毕业于悉尼大学，1945 年获得一等学士学位，1947 年获得理学硕士学位。他就读于牛津大学并获得哲学博士学位，在克拉伦登实验室研究低温物理学。作为一名凝聚态实验物理学家，他从事富有成效的研究，专注于固体在低温下的输运和热物理性质。他拥有广泛的国际合作者网络，并于 1959 年撰写了《低温物理实验技术》一书，后来被视为从事低温物理学的人的必备手册。他是低温下固体热膨胀领域的世界领先者。他编制了重要的热物理数据汇编，对技术人员、科学家和工程师具有重要价值。他对澳大利亚固体物理学学科的发展具有影响力，他的指导开启了许多年轻科学家的职业生涯。