Robert Watson-Watt
Academic
1892 – 1973
Who was Robert Watson-Watt?
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, KCB, FRS, FRAeS was a pioneer and significant contributor to the development of radar. Radar was initially nameless and researched elsewhere but it was greatly expanded on 1 September 1936 when Watson-Watt became Superintendent of a new establishment under the British Air Ministry, Bawdsey Research Station located in Bawdsey Manor, near Felixstowe, Suffolk. Work there resulted in the design and installation of aircraft detection and tracking stations called Chain Home along the east and south coasts of England in time for the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. This system provided the vital advance information that helped the Royal Air Force win the Battle of Britain.
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1892
Brechin - Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Dundee
- Died
- Dec 5, 1973
Inverness
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on July 23, 2013
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