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December 5, 1973 (81 years old)
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Aries
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Robert Watson-Watt
Sir Robert Alexander Watson Watt, KCB, FRS, FRAeS was a British pioneer of radio direction finding and radar technology. Watt began his career in radio physics with a job at the Met Office, where he began looking for accurate ways to track thunderstorms using the radio signals given off by lightning. This led to the 1920s development of a system later known as huff-duff. Although well publicized at the time, the system's enormous military potential was not developed until the late 1930s. Huff-duff allowed operators to determine the location of an enemy radio in seconds and it became a major part of the network of systems that helped defeat the U-boat threat. It is estimated that huff-duff was used in about a quarter of all attacks on U-boats. In 1935 Watt was asked to comment on reports of a German death ray based on radio.
BornRobert Alexander Watson, 13 April 1892, Brechin, Angus, Scotland, UK
Died5 December 1973 (aged 81), Inverness, Scotland, UK
Known forRadar
Notable awardsHughes Medal (1948), Elliott Cresson Medal (1957), Fellow of the Royal Society, KCB, FRAeS, Medal for Merit

About Robert Watson-Watt

Engineer Robert Watson-Watt was born in England on April 13, 1892. He dies at the age of 81, on December 5, 1973.

During World War II, as the chief of the Bawdsey Research Station, he created Radar, which assisted the Royal Air Force in winning the Battle of Britain.

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Robert Watson-Watt before becoming famous

Robert Watson-Watt was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1892 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).

He was engaged by the London Meteorological Office at the age of 15 to track storm patterns in order to make flying safer.

Achievement of Robert Watson-Watt

In 1935, he demonstrated the possibilities of his technology by tracking an eight-mile-away British bomber.

Robert Watson-Watt's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Dame Kathryn Jane Trefusis-Forbes, his second wife, was the director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

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He was a direct descendent of Inventor James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine.

James Watt (1736 - 1819) (Inventor)
James Watt (1736 - 1819)

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