• Sir Ben Lockspeiser, KCB, FRS, MIMechE, FRAeS (9 March 1891 – 18 October 1990) was a British scientific administrator and the first President of CERN...
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  • Lockspeiser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Lockspeiser (1891–1990), British scientific administrator Edward Lockspeiser (1905–1973)...
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  • production post, which he held throughout the rest of the war. In 1945, Ben Lockspeiser was appointed director-general. The first minister, Lord Beaverbrook...
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  • Scientist Ben Lockspeiser was given a demonstration of the prototype Mark 1 while on a visit to the University of Manchester. Lockspeiser was so impressed...
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    2002 Nobel prize in Chemistry recipient Alan MacDiarmid. Sir Benjamin Lockspeiser, the first president of CERN was also an undergraduate at the college...
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    Aircraft was summoned to the Ministry of Aircraft Production to meet Ben Lockspeiser, the director of scientific research, who outlined the difficulties...
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  • John Lewis, Labour MP 1945–50 for Bolton and 1950–51 for Bolton West Ben Lockspeiser, first President of CERN Dennis Lyons CB, director 1965–71 of the Road...
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    computing facility. In October 1948 UK Government Chief Scientist Ben Lockspeiser was given a demonstration of the prototype, and was so impressed that...
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  • 16 October – Roger Powell, bookbinder (born 1896) 18 October – Sir Ben Lockspeiser, scientific administrator (born 1891) 20 October – Freda Jackson, actress...
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    Farnborough Symphony Orchestra, which had been founded by the scientist, Ben Lockspeiser in 1922, started using the town hall as its main venue in the 1930s...
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