John Dodds (engineer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British engineer
Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1905
Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 15-Oct-1983
Profession: engineer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John Dodds (engineer)
- John Mathieson Dodds OBE (13 September 1905 – 15 October 1983) was a Scottish electrical engineer.
- He was educated at the University of Aberdeen and at the Technische Hochschule, Aachen, where he won a Dr Ing.
- in 1933.Dodds worked in the Research Department of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co.
- in Trafford Park, Manchester, developing high-power thermionic valves, used in the transmitter part of equipment for radar stations for defence (Chain Home system), thereby making a significant contribution to Britain's survival in World War II.
- He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1944 Birthday Honours.
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