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Hirst Research Centre, the Glossary

The Hirst Research Centre, also known as the GEC Hirst Research Centre or GEC Research Laboratories, was established in 1919 at Wembley, Middlesex, by the General Electric Company.^[1]

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Bernard de Neumann

Frederick Bernard de Neumann (known in Austria and Germany as Bernhard von Neumann; (15 December 1943 – 18 April 2018) was a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. He was educated at the Royal Hospital School and Birmingham University, and was Professor of Mathematics at The City University.

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Borehamwood

Borehamwood (historically also Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, England, from Charing Cross.

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Boris Townsend

George Boris Townsend MBE (13 April 1919 – 12 April 2006) was an English physicist who specialised in television engineering.

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Cavity magnetron

The cavity magnetron is a high-power vacuum tube used in early radar systems and subsequently in microwave ovens and in linear particle accelerators.

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Clifford Copland Paterson

Clifford Copland Paterson FRS (1879–1948) was an English scientist and electrical engineer. Hirst Research Centre and Clifford Copland Paterson are general Electric Company.

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Colin Cherry

Edward Colin Cherry (23 June 1914 – 23 November 1979) was a British cognitive scientist whose main contributions were in focused auditory attention, specifically the cocktail party problem regarding the capacity to follow one conversation while many other conversations are going on in a noisy room.

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Cyril Hilsum

Cyril Hilsum (born 17 May 1925) is a British physicist and academic. Hirst Research Centre and Cyril Hilsum are general Electric Company.

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Daniel McCaughan

Daniel V. McCaughan OBE is an electronic engineer, executive and researcher.

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Daryl E. Hooper

Daryl Egbert Hooper was an electronic engineer notable for pioneering engineering at La Trobe University and heading up the GEC Research Hirst Centre in the 1980s.

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David Bevan (mathematician)

David Bevan is an English mathematician, computer scientist and software developer.

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Derek Abbott

Derek Abbott (born 3 May 1960) is a British-Australian physicist and electronic engineer.

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Derek Roberts

Sir Derek Harry Roberts, (28 March 1932 – 17 February 2021) was an English engineer who twice served as provost of University College London (UCL), from 1989 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2003.

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GEC-Marconi scientist deaths conspiracy theory

The GEC-Marconi scientist deaths theory claims that between 1982 and 1990 a number of British-based GEC-Marconi scientists and engineers who worked on the Sting Ray torpedo project and United States Strategic Defense Initiative-related projects died under mysterious circumstances. Hirst Research Centre and GEC-Marconi scientist deaths conspiracy theory are general Electric Company.

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General Electric Company

The General Electric Company (GEC) was a major British industrial conglomerate involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications, and engineering.

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Harry Boot

Henry Albert Howard Boot (29 July 1917 – 8 February 1983) was an English physicist who with Sir John Randall and James Sayers developed the cavity magnetron, which was one of the keys to the Allied victory in the Second World War.

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Hugo Hirst, 1st Baron Hirst

Hugo Hirst, 1st Baron Hirst (26 November 1863 – 22 January 1943), known as Sir Hugo Hirst, Bt, between 1925 and 1934, was a German-born British industrialist. Hirst Research Centre and Hugo Hirst, 1st Baron Hirst are general Electric Company.

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Ian Robert Young

Ian Robert Young (11 January 1932 – 27 September 2019) was a British medical physicist, known for his work in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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Jean Bacon

Jean Bacon (born 1942) is a British emeritus professor of distributed systems at the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where she co-headed the Opera Research Group from its founding in the 1990s.

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John Randall (physicist)

Sir John Turton Randall, (23 March 1905 – 16 June 1984) 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.

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Kingfisher International

Kingfisher International Pty Ltd is an Australian manufacturer of fiber optic test and measurement equipment, located in Mulgrave, Victoria.

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Marconi Research Centre

Marconi Research Centre is the former name of the current BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Laboratories facility at Great Baddow in Essex, United Kingdom. Hirst Research Centre and Marconi Research Centre are engineering research institutes, general Electric Company, history of telecommunications in the United Kingdom and research and development in the United Kingdom.

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Michael John Smith (espionage)

Michael John Smith (born on 22 September 1948) was convicted of spying in the UK. Hirst Research Centre and Michael John Smith (espionage) are general Electric Company.

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Michael Pepper

Sir Michael Pepper (born 10 August 1942) is a British physicist notable for his work in semiconductor nanostructures. Hirst Research Centre and Michael Pepper are general Electric Company.

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National Grid (Great Britain)

The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network serving Great Britain, connecting power stations and major substations, and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere on the grid can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere.

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New Scientist

New Scientist is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology.

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Paul Hendricks

Paul Joseph Hendricks (born 18 March 1956) is an Auxiliary Roman Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Southwark and Titular Bishop of Diocese of Ross.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Radio masts and towers

Radio masts and towers are typically tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television.

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Robert James Clayton

Sir Robert James Clayton CBE (30 October 1915 – 20 June 1998) was an English electronics engineer who was notable in the area of defence and industrial electronics.

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Sanjay Jha (businessman)

Sanjay Kumar Jhā is an Indian-American business executive.

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The Young Poisoner's Handbook

The Young Poisoner's Handbook is a 1995 black comedy-drama film based on the life of Graham Young, more commonly known as "The Teacup Murderer".

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University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university in Birmingham, England.

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Wembley Stadium (1923)

The original Wembley Stadium (originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. Hirst Research Centre and Wembley Stadium (1923) are former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Brent.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirst_Research_Centre

Also known as GEC Hirst Research Centre.

Hirst Research Centre, the Glossary

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Companies based in the London Borough of Brent

Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Brent

General Electric Company

History of medical imaging

Research and development in the United Kingdom

References