Eric Eastwood (engineer)

Sir Eric Eastwood FRS,[1] CBE (12 March 1910 - 1981) was a British scientist and engineer who helped develop radar technology during World War II.

In 1967 he presented the Bernard Price Memorial Lecture and was elected President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1972. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968[1] and delivered their first Clifford Paterson lecture in 1976 on the subject of radar.[2]

Eastwood was awarded Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1962 and knighted in 1973.

He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1977.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Jones, F. E. (1983). "Eric Eastwood. 12 March 1910-6 October 1981". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 29: 177. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1983.0007. JSTOR 769800.
  2. ↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  3. ↑ webperson@hw.ac.uk. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

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