James Dyson (physicist)
James Dyson FRS (10 December 1914 – 22 January 1990) was a British physicist who specialized in optics.
Dyson was the son of a joiner and cabinet maker with a flair for invention.[1] In October 1939 he was living in Rugby, Warwickshire, and was an instrument transformer design engineer.[2] After working in the Research Laboratory of Associated Electrical Industries, he joined the Optics Division of the National Physical Laboratory. Dyson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1968.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Allibone, T. E. (1991). "James Dyson 10 December 1914 – 22 January 1990". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 37: 150–151. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1991.0008.
- ^ National Registration Act 1939, 30 Regent Place, Rugby, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 1 October 2021 (subscription required)
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