Henry Tizard
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Henry Tizard was a British chemist, aviation and radar pioneer, and influential government scientific adviser who played a key role in shaping the United Kingdom’s early World War II research and defense technology strategy.
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| Sir Henry Thomas Tizard | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
aviation pioneer
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ radar pioneer ⓘ scientific adviser ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of Merit ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Magdalen College, Oxford
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Westminster School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
UK government
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British government
Imperial College London ⓘ University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tizard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aviation
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chemistry ⓘ military technology ⓘ radar ⓘ science policy ⓘ |
| fullName |
Henry Tizard
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Sir Henry Thomas Tizard
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| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
British Mission to the Manhattan Project
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Anglo-American scientific cooperation in World War II
British wartime research policy ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| middleName | Thomas ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Tizard Mission ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chairing the committee that oversaw Chain Home radar deployment
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leadership in British radar development before and during World War II ⓘ leading the Tizard Mission to the United States in 1940 ⓘ shaping United Kingdom defence research strategy in the late 1930s and early 1940s ⓘ |
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development of British air defence radar network
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promotion of cavity magnetron technology to the United States ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
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civil servant ⓘ scientific adviser ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Aeronautical Research Committee
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Chairman of the Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Defence ⓘ President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science ⓘ Provost of Queen’s College, Oxford ⓘ Rector of Imperial College London ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Sir Henry Thomas Tizard