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Brebis Bleaney CBE, FRS
born June 15, 1915 died November 4, 2006 (in The Times but date of November 30, 2006 in 'Interactions')
Obituaries published in: The Times, December 6, 2006 page 66; The Guardian January 8, 2007 and IOP Interactions February 2007 page 6
He is probably best known for his invention and use of electron paramegnetic resonance, EPR, ( also known as electron spin resonance, ESR) just after the Second World War. He pioneered the application of these techniques to microwave spectroscopy and the study of paramagnetic crystals. With his wife he wrote Electricity and Magnetism published in 1958, which has been widely used not simply as an electricity text but also as an introduction to many branches of solid-state physics. He was elected an FRS in 1950.
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