Edward George Taffy Bowen, CBE, FRS was a Welsh physicist who made a major contribution to the development of radar, and so helped win both the Battle of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic. He was also an early radio astronomer, playing a key role in the establishment of radioastronomy in Australia and the United States.
Edward George Bowen was born at Cockett in Swansea, south Wales, to George Bowen and Ellen Ann . George Bowen was a steelworker in a Swansea tinplate works.
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