Robert Watson-Watt

Description: (British Pioneer of Radio Direction Finding and Radar Technology)
Robert Watson-Watt, often called the father of radar was a British physicist who did pioneering work in radio direction finding (RDF) and radar technology. He developed high-frequency direction finding (huff-duff) as a system for locating lightning. It was later introduced during the Second World War and played an instrumental role in intelligence, mainly in catching enemy radios while they transmitted.

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Birthday April 13, 1892 (Aries)
Born In Brechin, Scotland
Died on December 5, 1973
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