| Authorised form of name | Jones; Francis Edgar (1914 - 1988); physicist |
| Dates | 1914 - 1988 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 16 January 1914 |
| Date of death | 10 April 1988 |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Research field | Radar |
| Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Church of England Primary School at Heathdown,Wolverhampton (1918); Marsh Green Elementary School; The Royal Liberty School, Romford; King's College London.
Career:
Worked in the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) and collaborated with Alec Harley Reeves to develop the Oboe blind bombing system (1939-1945); investigated the Basic Research Division of TRE on the detection and properties of infra-red and millimetre-wave radiation (1946); made accurate measurements of propagation velocity of electro-magnetic radiation at radio frequencies and studied applications of radar in meteorology; Chief Scientific Officer and Deputy Director, Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough), initiated joint rocket programme with Royal Society for exploration of upper atmosphere, and study of orbiting satellite (with King-Hele), (1952-1956); Technical Director, Mullard (1956–1962); Managing Director, Mullard (1962–1972).
Honours:
MBE 1945
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1967 |
| Age at election | 53 |
| Relationships | Parents: His father was a miner, then a teacher and met his mother, whose family name was Franks, whilst teavhing in Barnet. |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for his contributions in Government Research and in Industry. With A.S. Reeves devised and developed radar blind bombing system ('Oboe') at T.R.E., and improvements ('Trinity' and 'Delta') for which he received a Civil Service Commission Award to Inventors, 1958. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1990 vol 35 pp 179-199, plate, by Sir George G Macfarlane and C Hilsum |
| Code | NA2011 |
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