Sir Arthur Percy Morris Fleming

Sir Arthur Percy Morris Fleming CBE was born in Newport on 16th of January 1881. He became one of Britain’s most influential electrical engineers, research directors and educators. His career spanned from hands-on transformer design to pioneering radar-enabling technologies that helped shape the outcome of WWII. His work on thermionic valves was vital to Britain’s early radar systems. He was awarded a CBE in 1920 for his work on technology for submarine detection, and received a Knighthood in 1945 for his services to education.

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