Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 7 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: Can't work out if anyone has answered this yet!........ but faily certain that it is Leslie Groves who was the director of the Manhatten Project Yes! Image from Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 9 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: Can't work out if anyone has answered this yet!........ but faily certain that it is Leslie Groves who was the director of the Manhatten Project I did look at him but the pictures in the extensive library looked nothing like him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 2 minutes ago, neverforget said: I did look at him but the pictures in the extensive library looked nothing like him? Looked a bit fierce in the West Point photo rather more jovial in latter pictures. Given what he was partly responsible for perhaps jovial is not the right word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 (edited) Spoiled for choice for boffins and profs here, but the egghead I’d like identified is the moustached chap sat third from left: EDIT: image from here:https://theconversation.com/the-heartbreaking-story-of-the-flying-mathematicians-of-world-war-i-76553 Edited 23 December , 2022 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 2 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: Looked a bit fierce in the West Point photo rather more jovial in latter pictures. Given what he was partly responsible for perhaps jovial is not the right word Certainly more rotund 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 2 minutes ago, neverforget said: Certainly more rotund 😊 I meant to add this link: https://armyhistory.org/lieutenant-general-leslie-r-groves-jr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 19 minutes ago, Uncle George said: Spoiled for choice for boffins and profs here, but the egghead I’d like identified is the moustached chap sat third from left: Looks a bit like William Bragg Nobel Laureate and father of Lawrence Bragg who was joint winner of the prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 1 minute ago, ilkley remembers said: Looks a bit like William Bragg Nobel Laureate and father of Lawrence Bragg who was joint winner of the prize. That’s as maybe, but it’s not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 2 minutes ago, Uncle George said: That’s as maybe, but it’s not him. back to the drawing board then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 1 hour ago, Knotty said: On me phone in M&S That deserves some kind of award for devotion to WiT? Hope it isn't too frantic...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 1 minute ago, ilkley remembers said: back to the drawing board then An excellent analogy for this boffin subtheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 8 minutes ago, Uncle George said: That’s as maybe, but it’s not him. That narrows it down a bit then 5 minutes ago, Uncle George said: An excellent analogy for this boffin subtheme. This is probably my technical drawing o level talking, but engineer/designer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 2 minutes ago, neverforget said: That narrows it down a bit then This introductory sentence: “Spoiled for choice for boffins and profs here, but the egghead I’d like identified is the moustached chap sat third from left” contains an excellent clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 (edited) 58 minutes ago, tankengine888 said: He graduated in November Yes, I should have written, “He graduated early, in 1918”, and not, “He graduated early in 1918”. He was of the class of 1920, but the wartime need for officers sped things along. Apologies. 19 minutes ago, neverforget said: This is probably my technical drawing o level talking, but engineer/designer? A physicist. Edited 23 December , 2022 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 23 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: That deserves some kind of award for devotion to WiT? Hope it isn't too frantic...... Back home now with a cup of coffee, yes bored sh*t less with women trying items on🥴 Glad I remembered a bit that helped out👍Groves held the whole thing together,very astute man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 10 minutes ago, Uncle George said: A physicist. I wasn't even close then. Good to see I haven't dropped my standards 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 William Mills?...inventor of the eponymous bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 3 minutes ago, ilkley remembers said: William Mills?...inventor of the eponymous bomb No. He did, however, have something to do with the development of radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkley remembers Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 (edited) Well I was uttery convinced it was Mills...but having just got back fron a local tavern and after three pinds of Ilkley Brewery's 'Old Head Scrambler' I could probably convince myself of anything Edited 23 December , 2022 by ilkley remembers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 So can we rule out Richard Hand. Inventor of the eponymous grenade too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 Just now, neverforget said: So can we rule out Richard Hand. Inventor of the eponymous grenade too? Good one Mr P; I actually got that one straight away. Finally after all these years I can claim to be fully awake..... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 11 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Good one Mr P; I actually got that one straight away. Finally after all these years I can claim to be fully awake..... Pete. You do make oi larf mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 7 minutes ago, neverforget said: You do make oi larf mate Sometimes intentionally. What I'm intrigued by is Mr IR looking for Sir R. Hand if he is still under the influence of the demon local brew, although Mr Knott sounds like he could do with a bit of it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 1 minute ago, Fattyowls said: Sometimes intentionally. What I'm intrigued by is Mr IR looking for Sir R. Hand if he is still under the influence of the demon local brew, although Mr Knott sounds like he could do with a bit of it too. I think we all could. P.s. You are a comedic genius. Have you ever considered a career in the church? (Perhaps a bridge too far) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 December , 2022 Share Posted 23 December , 2022 Just now, neverforget said: Have you ever considered a career in the church Only if I can be the baby eating bishop of Bath and Wells. I mentioned that you were on top form to my responsible grown up and she said to pass on her best wishes for the season to Mr Plumb. So I have. And seasonal greetings from Owls Towers to all the inmates of WiT? God bless us, every one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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