Harry Wimperis is best known for his role in setting up the Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Defence under Henry Tizard, which led directly to the development and introduction of radar in the UK.
13 Facts About Harry Wimperis
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Harry Wimperis is known for the development of the Drift Sight and Course Setting Bomb Sight during World War I, devices that revolutionised the art of bombing.
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Harry Wimperis started his studies at Royal College of Science and then moved to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge as an advanced student in 1898.
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Harry Wimperis was directed to Elliott Brothers for manufacture, and this started a long relationship between Wimperis and the company.
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Harry Wimperis was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 7 September 1915.
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Harry Wimperis remained with air service as it merged into the Royal Air Force in 1918, and the Air Ministry as it took over most of the centralised research for both arms.
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Harry Wimperis was appointed Director of Scientific Research in the Air Ministry in 1925.
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Harry Wimperis took the memo seriously and set about creating the Committee for the Scientific Study of Air Defence, placing Henry Tizard in the chairman's position.
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In 1938 Harry Wimperis served as the aeronautical advisor to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of the Commonwealth of Australia, advising them on setting up their own aeronautical research division.
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In 1945, Harry Wimperis was president of the Whitworth Society 47 years after becoming a scholar.
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Harry Wimperis died in Edinburgh on 16 July 1960 at the age of 83.
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Harry Wimperis was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War, and a Commander of the Order in the 1928 Birthday Honours.
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Harry Wimperis was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1935 Birthday Honours.