Harry Egerton Wimperis

Who they are

Harry Egerton Wimperis was the Air Ministry official whose approach initiated the inquiry described in NPL’s history of British radar. Watson-Watt and Wilkins subsequently prepared a report and demonstrated radio detection of an aircraft. His role in this entry is setting the institutional question that prompted technical work.

He shows the government-request side of the 1935 radar development milestone.

Selected contributions

• Initiated the Air Ministry approach leading to the radio-detection report and demonstration.Source ↗