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Albert Beaumont Wood | |
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| Born | 1890 Uppermill, Yorkshire, UK |
| Died | 19 July 1964 |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Manchester University |
| Known for | asdics [citation needed] |
| Awards | Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics Medal Duddell Medal (1951) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Manchester Board of Invention and Research Admiralty Research Laboratory H M Signal School H M Mining School RNSS Headquarters Applied Research Laboratory |
| Doctoral students | Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi |
Albert Beaumont Wood OBE DSc (1890 – 19 July 1964), better known as A B Wood, was a British physicist, known for his pioneering work in the field of underwater acoustics and sonar. Wood is known for his work on developing sonar (known at that time as 'ASDICS'[1]) in the UK from the First World War until after the Second World War.
- ^ Buckingham, Michael J. (18 May 2015). The Naval science of Albert Beaumont Wood, O.B.E., D.Sc. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. Vol. 23. p. 070009. doi:10.1121/2.0000183.