About Eric Eastwood
Lived 1910 – 1981 (aged 71). Eric Eastwood was an engineer and scientist.
Sir Eric Eastwood CBE FRS, (12 March 1910 – 6 October 1981) was a British scientist and engineer who helped develop radar technology during World War II.
Early years Eastwood was educated at Oldham High School and then attended Manchester University, studying under Lawrence Bragg. Following graduation he began research in Spectroscopy at Christ's College, Cambridge, with C. P. Snow as his supervisor, gaining a PhD in 1935. He taught physics at the Liverpool Collegiate School for a while.
RAF career Eastwood joined the Royal Air Force, and attained the rank of Squadron Leader. He worked throughout the war on the technical issues related to radar and its uses by the Fighter Defences.
Eastwood was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1962 and knighted in 1973.
He also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1977.
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Scientist and engineer (1910–1981)
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Eric Eastwood was born on 12 March 1910.
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Eric Eastwood died on 6 October 1981.
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Eric Eastwood was an engineer and scientist.
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