 Robert
Allan 'RA' 'Robin' Smith worked to improve the
aerial systems for Chain Home stations at the start of
the war.
In the lead up to the D-Day landings he made a study
of what the establishment (TRE) could to to support the
invasion (eg. accurate bombings of German artillery
beforehand).
After the war he was appointed head of the newly
created physics department at TRE which was set up by WB Lewis.
He led the early work on micro-electronics and liquid
crystals.
He later left to become professor of physics at
Sheffield University.
Robert Allan 'RA' 'Robin' Smith FRS
14 May 1909 – 16 May 1980
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