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1925 Appointed chairman of the Institution of Electrical Engineers' wireless section for 1925–6. | 1925 Appointed chairman of the Institution of Electrical Engineers' wireless section for 1925–6. | ||
Late 1920s Radio Communication Company was merged with Marconi in an international marine radio communication organization which supplied equipment and personnel to the merchant navies of several countries. | Late 1920s '''Radio Communication Company''' was merged with Marconi in an international marine radio communication organization which supplied equipment and personnel to the merchant navies of several countries. | ||
Join the board of Marconi | Join the board of Marconi | ||
1936 became a director of the Buenos Aires Water Company | 1936 became a director of the Buenos Aires Water Company | ||
WWII Served in Royal Observer Corps, for which he devised predictors based upon alarm clock mechanisms. | |||
1977 Died on 4 April at Farnborough Hospital, Kent. | |||
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Basil Binyon (1885–1977), electrical engineer
1885 Born on 23 April at 5 Henley Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, the third of four children of Brightwen Binyon (1852–1905) and his wife, Rachel Mary Cudworth (1853–1949).
1898 Educated at Leighton Park School, Reading, to 1903
1903 Trinity College, Cambridge.
Worked at Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co
1909 worked with Guilliemo Marconi on the first transatlantic Morse code radio transmissions from Poldhu to Newfoundland.
1913 Married Gladys Elise Rosa Keep (1885–1960).
WWI Served in Royal Naval Air Service. Worked at Cranwell to produce some of the first airborne radio equipment for Morse telegraphy. Awarded OBE for development of air-ground telephony
Postwar: Set up the Radio Communication Co. Ltd which produced equipment and operators for merchant and naval ships. Developed into a worldwide long-wave communications network in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Also founded a company to make domestic radio sets and components under the trade mark Polar
1922 Appointed as one of the directors of the British Broadcasting Company
1925 Appointed chairman of the Institution of Electrical Engineers' wireless section for 1925–6.
Late 1920s Radio Communication Company was merged with Marconi in an international marine radio communication organization which supplied equipment and personnel to the merchant navies of several countries.
Join the board of Marconi
1936 became a director of the Buenos Aires Water Company
WWII Served in Royal Observer Corps, for which he devised predictors based upon alarm clock mechanisms.
1977 Died on 4 April at Farnborough Hospital, Kent.