Charles F. Goodeve
Sir Charles Frederick Goodeve .
Biography
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Goodeve was born in
Goodeve was appointed a lecturer in Physical Chemistry in 1930 and Reader in 1937. He was awarded the D.Sc. from the University of London in 1936 for his work with Donnan, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940.[5]
After the war, Goodeve became the Director of the
In 1977, he appeared in the BBC Television series The Secret War (episode: "The Deadly Waves" where he recounted his work on the 'Double L Sweep').
Death
Goodeve developed Parkinson's disease, which contributed to his death in 1980.[citation needed]
Work
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While in
In 1936, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1939, he began work at HMS Vernon, specializing in ways to counter the threat of mines. He developed the "Double L" technique for minesweeping magnetic mines. Later he developed the degaussing method for reducing the magnetic field around ships which triggered mines; Goodeve coined the term after the gauss unit, used by the Germans during the war to measure magnetic fields which they named after German scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855). He also developed the related technique of "wiping". To aid the Dunkirk evacuation, the British "wiped" 400 ships in four days.[7]
In 1940, Goodeve implemented the British production of the
In 1942, the
At the end of the war, Goodeve was knighted, and awarded the U.S. Medal of Freedom.
References
- JSTOR 769875.
- ^ "Sir Charles Goodeve - Naval Museum of Manitoba". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2006.
- ISBN 978-1-4419-6280-5.
- ^ 1851 Royal Commission Archives
- ^ "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Charles Goodeve" (PDF). mpiuk.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Great Escape at Dunkirk", pbs.org. Accessed 17 January 2023.
External links
- Biography by The Naval Museum of Manitoba
- Biography by F. D. Richardson
- Biography of Charles Goodeve from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- The Papers of Sir Charles Frederick Goodeve held at Churchill Archives Centre