Brebis Bleaney was head of the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford from 1957 to 1977.
12 Facts About Brebis Bleaney
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Brebis Bleaney was born at 423 King's Road, Chelsea, London, the second son of Frederick Bleaney, a house painter, and Eva Johanne Petersen, born in Denmark.
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Brebis Bleaney attended the Cook's Ground School, Chelsea from where he obtained a scholarship to Westminster City School.
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Brebis Bleaney went on to do research supervised by Francis Simon, obtaining a DPhil degree in 1939.
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Brebis Bleaney made many contributions to this programme, particularly in the development of klystrons.
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In 1945, Brebis Bleaney was appointed as a university lecturer in Oxford, and then a fellow of St John's College in 1947.
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In 1950, Brebis Bleaney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Brebis Bleaney was appointed Commander of the British Empire in 1965 and became a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1974.
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Brebis Bleaney won the Royal Society's Hughes Medal in 1962 and the European Holdwek Medal in 1984.
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Brebis Bleaney was considered for the Nobel Prize for Physics regarding two separate achievements but never received the award.
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In 1949, Brebis Bleaney married Betty Isabelle Plumpton at St Nicolas Church, Guildford.
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Brebis Bleaney died on 4 November 2006 at his home, Garford House, Garford Road, Oxford, and was cremated at Oxford crematorium.