William Douglas Allen

Background

Allen, William Douglas was born on July 27, 1914 in Mussooree, India. Son of John Howard and Clara Helen (Padman) Allen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Adelaide University, Australia, 1932. Bachelor of Science in Physics, Adelaide University, Australia, 1935. Doctor of Philisophy in Physics, Oxford University, England, 1940.

Career

Junior science officer, science officer, senior science officer Minister Aircraft Production, Malvern, England, 1939-1944. Senior science officer Uranium Isotope Separation Tube Alloys, Berkeley, California, 1944-1945. Research officer Electron Acceleration, Sydney, Australia, 1945-1946, principal science officer Australia, 1946-1961.

Senior principal science officer Electrostatic Acceleration, Harwell, England, 1946-1961. Deputy chief science officer Chilton, 1961-1977. Professor department electrical engineering Reading, 1976-1978, Southampton, 1979-1981.

Achievements

• William Douglas Allen has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman N. Berks Music Festival, 1960-683. Member England Physical Society, Probus Club.

Interests

• Gardening.

Connections

Married Gwendoline Genevieve Thomspn, Noc. 15, 1939; children: Catherine Elspeth, Margaret Gillian, David Douglas, James Richard Alexander.

Father:

John Howard Allen

Mother:

Clara Helen (Padman) Allen

Spouse:

Gwendoline Genevieve Thomspn

child:

David Douglas Allen

child:

James Richard Alexander Allen

child:

Margaret Gillian Allen

child:

Catherine Elspeth Allen