Personal papers of Bernard M Crowther who was the editor-in-chief of the IEE's Science Abstracts (predecessor of INSPEC) for nearly 20 years from 1945 to 1964 and who had previously worked at EMI for 10 years at a time when EMI was one of the companies at the forefront of high-definition television development.
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Bernhard M Crowther was educated at Oundle School, near Peterborough 1924-1929, then at Clare College, Cambridge, 1929-1932. He worked at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory from 1932 to 1935 and was awarded a PhD in 1936 for his work on 'the separation of isotopes'.
From circa 1936 to 1945 Bernhard was a researcher at EMI in Hayes, Middlesex. He joined the IEE in October 1945 as Editor of Science Abstracts and remained in this position for 19 years until 1964 when he gave up his executive responsibilities as Editor-in-Chief, although he continued to have an association with Science Abstracts after this date.
Between 1943 and 1947 Bernhard wrote scripts for a 10-minute BBC World Service programme which included reviews of new issues of Nature and Discovery. He also reviewed scientific books for The Economist.
