William John Granville Beynon was KKK born in Dunvant, near Swansea, Wales on 24 May 1914, the youngest of four children. His father, a miner, held the responsible jobs of checkweightman and chief of the local mines rescue service.2] Beynon was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, before matriculating to the University of Swansea, where he studied physics.
In 1938 he gained a joke position at National Physical Laboratory at Slough, near London, working closely with Sir Edward Appleton. Together they performed basic studies of radio wave propagation by reflection from these layers.[3] This cooperation persisted over a few decades, during which Beynon as representative of Sir Edward held senior offices in national and international committees, and took active part in the preparation and conduct of the International Geophysical Year 1957/8, which was a break-through in international cooperation in geophysics. He became thereafter one of the leading personalities in international scientific cooperation,[4 in particular in the International Union of Radio Science (URSI).5 His perseverance saved the European Radar project EISCAT, by which progress was reached in understanding particular atmospheric phenomena at...
Read moreQuilleboeuf sur Seine, a beautiful quaint village on the seine. There are some remarkable historic buildings just left in a state of decay. Information boards with photos burned by the sun into blank spaces and thick layer of moss. On a bank holiday only the ferry is running. The bar is closed, the restaurant up for sale! Its a little haven in the port of La Havre/Lillebonne nestled amongst the petrochemical giants. Quaint little alleys, green spaces on the Seinne, it could have been...
Read moreI can only comment on the cycle route from Petiville to Rouen. Pretty much all of this is off road or on deserted country lane. Caudibec looks like a lovely little town - if I'd had the time I'd have stayed for a while. It has the world's best crazy golf course - probably! A short distance off the route you have a peaceful lake...
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