John Flavell Coales
John Flavell Coales (1907-1999) of Elliott Brothers
1907 Born at Harborne, Birmingam
Educated at Berkhamstead School
Went to Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge, and read mathematics and physics
1928 awarded a degree in Natural Sciences.
1929 Joined the Admiralty as a civilian scientist
1928-1939 Worked for the Admiralty at H. M. Signal School, Portsmouth working on radio direction finding.
1936 Married Thea; they had 4 children
WWII Led the Admiralty’s radar research effort[1]
1945 Appointed OBE for his war work
1946 First Director of the research laboratories of Elliot Brothers at Borehamwood.
1953 Return to Cambridge University to establish a control engineering group
1966 One of the founding fellows of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Awarded a personal chair in the university.
1971 Professor John Flavell Coales FEng FRS appointed president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
1974 Appointed CBE
1999 Died
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Sources of Information
- The Times, July 16, 1999