Edward George Bowen

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Edward George Bowen was a Welsh physicist and radar pioneer whose work on airborne radar during World War II was crucial to the development of modern radar technology.

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instanceOf Welsh person
physicist
radar pioneer
scientist
alsoKnownAs Taffy Bowen
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
burialPlace Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens, Sydney
contributedTo development of modern radar technology
countryOfCitizenship Australia
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1911-01-14
dateOfDeath 1991-08-12
educatedAt King’s College London
surface form: King's College London

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
employer Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Telecommunications Research Establishment
University of Sydney NERFINISHED
familyName Bowen
fieldOfWork physics
radar technology
radio engineering
fullName Edward George Bowen NERFINISHED
givenName Edward
hasGender male
influenced post-war radar systems design
languageSpoken English
memberOf Australian Academy of Science
Royal Society
militaryConflict World War II
movedTo Australia
nationality Welsh
notableFor key role in British radar development during World War II
pioneering work on airborne radar
notableWork contributions to early radio astronomy in Australia
contributions to the cavity magnetron program
development of airborne radar in World War II
development of radar for anti-submarine warfare
development of radar for night-fighter aircraft
early development of microwave radar
leadership in Australian radar research
placeOfBirth Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Glamorgan, Wales
placeOfDeath Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
positionHeld Chief of the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO
workLocation Australia
United Kingdom

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