John M. Dodds

John Mathieson Dodds OBE (c. 1905 – 15 October 1983)[1] was a Scottish electrical engineer. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, MA, BSc, BSc(Eng.), and at the Technische Hochschule, Aachen, where he won a Dr Ing. in 1933.

He worked in the Research Dept of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. in Trafford Park, Manchester, developing high-power thermionic valves, used in the transmitter part of equipment for radar stations for defence (Chain Home system), thereby making a significant contribution to Britain's survival in WWII. He was awarded the OBE.

References

  1. ↑ "John Mathieson Dodds". The Newcomen Bulletin (London: Newcomen Society) (128-142): 22. 1984. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

Further reading

Brown, Jim, Radar - how it all began, ISBN 1-85756-212-7.

Dodds, JM and Ludlow, JH (1946), Journal of the IEE, 93, Part IIIA, pp 1123-1129.

Swords, Sean S (1986), Technical History of the Beginnings of Radar, pp 209, 270.

Watson-Watt, Robert (1957), Three Steps to Victory. Photograph of JMD.

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