Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,051 pages of information and 246,705 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. Robinson (2)

From Graces Guide

J. Robinson, M.B.E., D.Sc. (Durham), Ph.D. (Gottingen), M.I.E.E., F.Inst.P., Consulting Engr., Inventor of Robinson Direction-finding Systems — introduced first Aircraft Radio Compass and system of Homing; various other inventions in Radio and Electricity.

c.1885 Born.

1903 Studied at Armstrong College

1907 Studied at Univ. of Gottingen

1909 Lecturer in Maths., Armstrong Coll.

1910 Lecturer Physics, Sheffield Univ.

1912 Lecturer in Physics, E. London Coll.

1915 Lieut., R.N.V.R.,

1918 Head Dept. Wireless and Aircraft Instruments, R.A.F., Biggin Hill

1922 Head Dept. Wireless and Aircraft Instruments, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough

Post-WWI: Awarded £1,350 by the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors in respect of communication to the US government of inventions, designs, etc in relation to aircraft and aircraft accessories, specifically directional wireless systems[1]

1925 Director of research, Radio Press, Ltd.

1929 Technical Adviser, British Radiostat Corporation.

Member, Radio Research Board, Wireless Board, National Committee for Radio.

By 1939 Consulting Engineer



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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Jan 13, 1925