Michael Perrin
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Michael Perrin

Canadian-born British scientist (1905–1988)

Sir Michael Willcox Perrin, CBE, FRSC (13 September 1905 – 18 August 1988) was a Canadian-born British scientist who created the first practical polythene, directed the first British atomic bomb programme, and participated in the Allied intelligence of the Nazi atomic bomb.2

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Born Sep 13, 1905, died Aug 18, 1988.1

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Early life and education

  • 1928New College bachelor's degree; chemistry3
  • Date not recordedWinchester College3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Toronto master's degree; physics3

Career

Occupation: administrator, nuclear physicist, intelligence officer, chemist.5

Known for: Tube Alloys, polyethylene.6

Born 13 September 1905 in Victoria, British Columbia, he moved to England in 1911 with his British parents, who sent him to Twyford School and Winchester College, and from there to study chemistry at New College, Oxford and the University of Toronto.

Joining Imperial Chemical Industries, Perrin led a small team that investigated high-pressure polymerization and patented the first practical industrial method for producing polythene in 1935.

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Personal life

  • BornSep 13, 1905, Victoria7
  • DiedAug 18, 1988, Hampstead8

Awards

  • Date not recordedCommander of the Order of the British Empire9
  • Date not recordedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire9

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