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John Turton Randall
British physicist (1905-1984) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 79
Sir John Turton Randall, was an English physicist and biophysicist, credited with radical improvement of the cavity magnetron, an essential component of centimetric wavelength radar, which was one of the keys to the Allied victory in the Second World War. It is also the key component of microwave ovens.
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1984Died16 June 19841959John Scott AwardAward1958John Price Wetherill MedalAward1946Hughes MedalAward1945Dennis Gabor Medal and PrizeAward1905Born23 March 1905
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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1905 to 1984 · aged 79
