Reginald Smith-Rose
Reginald Leslie Smith-Rose
Early life and family
Reginald Leslie Smith was born on 2 April 1894 at 7
By 1919 he had changed his surname to Smith-Rose. He married Elsie Masters, daughter of Sydney John Masters, a restaurant owner, in 1919 with whom he had two daughters.[1]
Career
Smith-Rose undertook post-graduate work at Imperial College before joining Siemens Brothers of Woolwich as an assistant engineer in 1915. He joined the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in 1919. He received his PhD in 1923 and his D.Sc. in 1926. He was superintendent of the radio department at the NPL from 1939 to 1947 after which he was director of the Radio Research Station at Ditton Park from 1948 to 1960 where, according to the NPL, he became a world leader in radio direction-finding. He was acting director of the NPL in 1955–1956[2] and retired in 1960.[1]
He was awarded the United States
Later life
After retirement, Smith-Rose continued to act on behalf of the NPL, travelling widely on their business. His hobbies included walking, swimming, photography, stamp collecting, and reading. He was churchwarden of his local church. He died in hospital at Banstead, Surrey, on 19 March 1980. He left an estate of £93,740.[1]
Selected publications
- A discussion of the practical systems of direction-finding by reception. H.M. Stationery Office, 1923. (With R.H. Barfield)
- Variations of apparent bearings of radio transmitting stations. H.M. Stationery Office, 1924.
- A study of radio direction-finding. H.M. Stationery Office, 1927.
- An investigation of a rotating radio beacon. H.M. Stationery Office, 1928. (With Sydney Ronald Chapman)
- James Clerk Maxwell: A Mathematical Physicist of the Nineteenth Century. Longmans for the British Council, London, 1948.
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 30 July 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Dr Reginald Leslie Smith-Rose. National Physical Laboratory, 15 January 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
