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Educated at Berkhamstead School | Educated at Berkhamstead School | ||
Went to Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge, and read mathematics and physics | 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. | 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<ref> Elliott Computers by Simon Lavington [http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection/res42.htm#i]</ref> | WWII Led the Admiralty’s radar research effort<ref> Elliott Computers by Simon Lavington [http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection/res42.htm#i]</ref> | ||
1945 Appointed OBE for his war work | |||
1946 First Director of the research laboratories of [[Elliott Brothers|Elliot Brothers]] at Borehamwood. | 1946 First Director of the research laboratories of [[Elliott Brothers|Elliot Brothers]] at Borehamwood. | ||
1953 Return to Cambridge University | 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 | 1999 Died | ||
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== Sources of Information == | == Sources of Information == | ||
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* The Times, July 16, 1999 | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT: Coales}} | {{DEFAULTSORT: Coales, J}} | ||
[[Category: Biography]] | [[Category: Biography]] | ||
[[Category: Births 1900-1909]] | |||
[[Category: Deaths 1990-1999]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:17, 22 November 2015
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
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Times, July 16, 1999