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Geoffrey Pyke | |
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| Born | Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke 9 November 1893 |
| Died | 21 February 1948 (aged 54) Hampstead, London, U.K. |
| 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]
- ^ Hemming 2014.
- ^ Pyke 2002, passim.
- ^ Morris, Peter JT (2004). "Pyke, Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph (1893–1948)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (revised ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/92810. Retrieved 7 September 2009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)