William John Bray CBE (10 September 1911 in

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, Portsmouth – 6 September 2004) was a communications engineer and director of research at the Post Office Research Station, between 1966 and 1975. In 1972 he presented the

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in South Africa.

Articles

* Bray, W.J. and Lowry, W.R.H. (1939). ''A New Short-wave Transatlantic Radio Receiver''. POEEJ 32 (1): 24-31 * Bray, W.J. (1948). ''The Possibilities of Super-High-Frequency Radio and Waveguide Systems for Telecommunications'', IPOEE Printed Paper No. 197, 1948. * Booth, C.F. and Bray, W.J. (1949). ''A report on microwave radio relay and waveguide systems studied in USA''. Report by Experimental and Development Branch of Post Office Engineering Department. (Copy held in UK National Archive
WO 195/10701
) * Bray, W.J. (1950). ''A Survey of Modern Radio Valves. Part 6(a). Valves for Use at Frequencies Above 3,000 Mc/s'', POEEJ 43 (3): 148-153 * Bray, W.J. (1951). ''A Survey of Modern Radio Valves. Part 6(b). Valves for Use at Frequencies Above 3,000 Mc/s'', POEEJ 43 (4): 187-191

Books

*Bray, J. (1995). ''The Communications Miracle: Telecommunications Pioneers from Morse to the Information Superhighway'', Perseus Books, *Bray, J. (1999). ''Then, Now and Tomorrow: The Autobiography of a Communications Engineer'', The Book Guild Ltd, *Bray, J. (2002). ''Innovation and the Communications Revolution'', Institution of Electrical Engineers,

External links

Times ObituaryIET, "Satcoms pioneer John Bray dies, aged 92"
1911 births 2004 deaths Engineers from Portsmouth Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British Telecom people 20th-century British engineers {{England-engineer-stub