William John Bray

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(10 September 1911 in Fratton,

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– 6 September 2004) was a communications engineer and director of research at the

Post Office Research Station The Post Office Research Station was first established as a separate section of the General Post Office in 1909. In 1921, the Research Station moved to Dollis Hill, north west London, initially in ex-army huts. The main permanent buildings at ...

, between 1966 and 1975. In 1972 he presented the Bernard Price Memorial Lecture in South Africa. He was an early researcher of Earth–Moon–Earth communications.

Articles

* Bray, W.J. and Lowry, W.R.H. (1939). ''A New Short-wave Transatlantic Radio Receiver''. POEEJ 32 (1): 24-31 * Bray, W.J. (1948). ''The Possibilities of Super-High-Frequency Radio and Waveguide Systems for Telecommunications'', IPOEE Printed Paper No. 197, 1948. * Booth, C.F. and Bray, W.J. (1949). ''A report on microwave radio relay and waveguide systems studied in USA''. Report by Experimental and Development Branch of Post Office Engineering Department. (Copy held in UK National Archive
WO 195/10701
) * Bray, W.J. (1950). ''A Survey of Modern Radio Valves. Part 6(a). Valves for Use at Frequencies Above 3,000 Mc/s'', POEEJ 43 (3): 148-153 * Bray, W.J. (1951). ''A Survey of Modern Radio Valves. Part 6(b). Valves for Use at Frequencies Above 3,000 Mc/s'', POEEJ 43 (4): 187-191

Books

* Bray, J. (1995). ''The Communications Miracle: Telecommunications Pioneers from Morse to the Information Superhighway'', Perseus Books, * Bray, J. (1999). ''Then, Now and Tomorrow: The Autobiography of a Communications Engineer'', The Book Guild Ltd, * Bray, J. (2002). ''Innovation and the Communications Revolution'',

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External links

Times Obituary

IET, "Satcoms pioneer John Bray dies, aged 92"

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