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He helped develop microwave technology for radar in World War II, then applied these findings to fundamental problems in condensed matter physics, and also contributed important work in atomic beams, low temperature physics, magnetism, nuclear alignment and orientation.<p><b>Wife:</b> Betty Isabelle Plumpton Bleaney (physicist, m. 1949, one son, one daughter)<br><p> High School: Westminster City School, London<br> University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">BS Physics, Oxford University (1937)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">PhD Physics, Oxford University (1939)</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">Physics, Oxford University (1947-57)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">Experimental Philosophy, Oxford University (1957-77)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">Physics, Oxford University (1977-2003)</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/106/000048959/">Commander of the British Empire</a> 1965<br> <a href="/honors/275/000099975/">Hughes Medal</a> 1962<br> <a href="/org/084/000099784/">French Academy of Sciences</a> <br> <a href="/org/793/000055628/">Royal Society</a> 1950<br> <a href="/lists/974/000043845/">Danish Ancestry</a> (maternal)<br> <a href="/lists/516/000044384/">English Ancestry</a> (paternal)<br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Electricity and Magnetism</i> (<tt>1957</tt>, with Betty Bleaney)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=167706"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=167706">Brebis Bleaney</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=167706" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>