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Born 1897; educated at Bolton School, Technological Institutions, King's College London and University College London; joined Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), 1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers, 1917; Instructor in Wireless, 1 Army, Western Front; awarded MC, Battle of the Lys, 1918; Head of value manufacturing, Ediswan and Radio Communication Company, 1919-1920; Head of the Patent Department, Radio Communication Company Limited, 1920; founded the Radio Press, 1922; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; service with RAF in France, 1939-1940; Staff Officer, Air Ministry, responsible for radar training in RAF, 1940-1941; Senior Technical Officer, No 73 Wing, responsible for radar stations in most of England and Wales, 1943-1945; demobilised from RAF, 1945; Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment, 1951-1959; retired 1959; Fellow of the Institute of Radio Engineers; Fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; awarded OBE, 1975; died 1979. Publications: Thermionic tubes in radio telegraphy and telephony (Wireless Press, London, 1921); Wireless for all. A simple explanation (Daily Express, London, 1922); Elementary textbook on wireless vacuum tubes (Radio Press, London, 1922); Wireless valves simply explained (Radio Press, London, 1922); How to make your own broadcast receiver (Radio Press, London, 1923); More practical valve circuits (Radio Press, London, 1923); Simplified wireless (Radio Press, London, 1923); Practical wireless valve circuits (Radio Press, London, 1923); Radio valves and how to use them (Radio Press, London, 1924); The first commandment (Hutchinson, London, 1932); The manual of modern radio (Amalgamated Press, London, 1933); The book of practical radio (Amalgamated Press, London, 1934); Bibliography of Italian Maiolica [1967]; Italian maiolica (Hamlyn, London, 1972); Spanish pottery and porcelain [1973].