John Saxton
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John Arthur Saxton CBE
FEng
, FIEE, FInstP (28 June 1914 - 17 April 1980) was a British
physicist
. He was Director of the Appleton Laboratory (formerly Radio and Space Research Station), Science Research Council, 1966–1977.
He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School
and Imperial College, London, where he was awarded the Imperial College Governors’ Prize for Physics, 1935. He continued at Imperial as a demonstrator 1936–38; before moving onto the National Physical Laboratory, 1938–1952. He worked at the Radio Research Station
, 1952–64, and was deputy director from 1960. He was then the Director of the United Kingdom Scientific Mission, Washington, DC, USA, and Scientific Counsellor at the British Embassy there, 1964–66. He then was Visiting Professor of Physics at University College, London, from 1968 until his retirement in 1977.
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Feng
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, FIEE, FInstP (28 June 1914 - 17 April 1980) was a British
United Kingdom
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physicist
Physicist
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. He was Director of the Appleton Laboratory (formerly Radio and Space Research Station), Science Research Council, 1966–1977.
He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School
Loughborough Grammar School
Loughborough Grammar School founded in 1495 by Thomas Burton, is an independent school for boys in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It is a day school for over 1100 pupils and a boarding school for nearly 100. It is one of three schools known as the Loughborough Endowed Schools, along with...
and Imperial College, London, where he was awarded the Imperial College Governors’ Prize for Physics, 1935. He continued at Imperial as a demonstrator 1936–38; before moving onto the National Physical Laboratory, 1938–1952. He worked at the Radio Research Station
Radio Research Station
The Radio Research Station 1924 - August 31, 1979 at Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire, England was the UK government research laboratory which pioneered the regular observation of the ionosphere by ionosondes in continuous operation since September 20, 1932, and applied the ionosonde technology for the...
, 1952–64, and was deputy director from 1960. He was then the Director of the United Kingdom Scientific Mission, Washington, DC, USA, and Scientific Counsellor at the British Embassy there, 1964–66. He then was Visiting Professor of Physics at University College, London, from 1968 until his retirement in 1977.