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Geoffrey Pyke | |
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Born | Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke 9 November 1893 |
Died | 21 February 1948 Hampstead, London, U.K. | (aged 54)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, educationalist and inventor |
Spouse | Margaret Amy Chubb |
Known for | Pykrete, Project Habakkuk |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Military technology |
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Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke (9 November 1893 – 21 February 1948)[1] was an English journalist, educationalist, and inventor.
Pyke came to public attention when he escaped from internment in Germany during World War I. He had travelled to Germany under a false passport, and was soon arrested and interned.[2]
During the Second World War, Pyke proposed the newly invented material, pykrete, for the construction of the ship Habakkuk.[3]