Bullard, Edward Crisp, Sir, 1907-1980

British geophysicist born in Norwick, England, on September 21, 1907, and educated at Clare College, Cambridge University. Bullard spent most of his career at the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics at Madingley Rise in Cambridge, named Bullard Laboratories in his honor, and as director of the National Physical Laboratory. In 1949, Bullard visited the Scripps Institution of Oceanography where he designed, built, tested, and used the heat probe. From 1966 until his death he had an appointment as professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He died in La Jolla, California April 3, 1980.

From the description of Sir Edward Bullard on development of heat probe [sound recording] : August 5, 1973 / interview by Sir Edward with Elizabeth N. Shor. 1973. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 39960330

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