Charles F. Goodeve

Sir Charles Frederick Goodeve OBE FRS[1] (21 February 1904 – 7 April 1980) was a Canadian chemist and pioneer in operations research. During World War II, he was instrumental in developing the "hedgehog" antisubmarine warfare weapon and the degaussing[2] method for protecting ships from naval mines.

  1. ^ Richardson, Frederick Denys (1981). "Charles Frederick Goodeve. 21 February 1904 – 7 April 1980". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 27: 307–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1981.0013. JSTOR 769875.
  2. ^ "Sir Charles Goodeve - Naval Museum of Manitoba". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2006.