Sir Owen Haddon Wansbrough-Jones KBE, CB (1906,

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– 1983,

), was a leading

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and

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whose career included serving as Chief Scientist to the British Ministry of Supply. Educated at

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,Harries et al. (1991), p. 224 Gresham's School, Holt, and

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, he took the degrees of

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, and PhD at

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, where he worked under

Eric Rideal Sir Eric Keightley Rideal, (11 April 1890 – 25 September 1974)Rideal, Sir Eric Keight ...

. During his career in the Army and later in the Civil Service, he specialised in weapon development.

Career

*1930 - 1946 Fellow of

*1939 - 1945 Served with

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

(with rank of

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) *1945 - 1951 Scientific Adviser to the Army Council *1951 - 1953 Principal Director for Scientific Research, Ministry of Supply *1953 - 1959 Chief Scientist, Ministry of Supply *1959 - 1970 Chairman of ''Albright & Wilson Ltd''

Other Positions

* Chairman of th
Operational Research Society
* Vice-president, ''

British Industrial Biological Research Association The British Industrial Biological Research Association was a government-run research association in the UK, and is now a private company, that investigates toxicology of commercial products. History The organisation was formed in 1961 by the Depa ...

'' (BIBRA) * Fellow of the

Chemical Society The Chemical Society was a scientific society formed in 1841 (then named the Chemical Society of London) by 77 scientists as a result of increased interest in scientific matters. Chemist Robert Warington was the driving force behind its creation. ...

* Treasurer of the

Faraday Society The Faraday Society was a British society for the study of physical chemistry, founded in 1903 and named in honour of Michael Faraday. In 1980, it merged with several similar organisations, including the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Che ...

(1949 - 1960) * Member of the ''Society of Chemical Industry'' * Section Chair of the ''Society of Chemical Industry'' (1962 - 1966)

Arms

References

Sources

* ''The Growth of Operational Research 1939-1964'', by Sir Charles Goodeve
Owen Wansbrough-Jones at the Open University Biographical Database
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wansbrough-Jones 1906 births 1983 deaths People educated at Norwich School Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge British Army personnel of World War II Companions of the Order of the Bath Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Gresham's School British operations researchers People from South Norfolk (district)