Laurence Turner (engineer)
| Laurence Beddome Turner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 April 1886 Charlton, London |
| Died | 28 January 1963 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Bedford School, King's College, Cambridge |
Laurence Beddome Turner MIEE (1886-1963), was a British electrical engineer, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Reader in Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
Biography
Born in Charlton, London on 6 April 1886, Laurence Turner was educated at Bedford School and at King's College, Cambridge as a Foundation Scholar. He worked as an electrical engineer at Siemens Brothers in London, and at Siemens & Halske in Berlin. During the First World War he became a captain at the War Office’s Signals Experimental Establishment (SEE) at Woolwich, London, developing wireless telegraphy for the British Army. In 1919 he was elected as a Fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering at King's College, Cambridge. During the Second World War he became part of the team developing radar at the Admiralty Signals Establishment.[1]
Dr Laurence Turner died on 28 January 1963.
Publications
Dr Turner's publications included Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony: An Outline for Electrical Engineers and Others, 1921,[2] and Wireless: a treatise on the theory and practice of high-frequency electric signalling, 1931.[3]