Robert Watson-Watt
Physicist (1892-1973) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 81
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt was a Scottish radio engineer and pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology.
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1973Died5 December 19731962Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1957Elliott Cresson MedalAward1948Hughes MedalAward1941Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward1892Born13 April 1892
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The first workable radar unit constructed by Robert Watson Watt and his team
Radar coverage along the UK coast, 1939-1940
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, c. 1944
Sir Robert descends from a plinth in Trafalgar Square, London in 1961 after speaking at a rally protesting at the spread of nuclear weapons.
Memorial to Watson-Watt at Brechin in Angus, ScotlandAwards
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1973 · aged 81
