Robert Boyd (Scientist)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Robert Lewis Fullarton Boyd (19 October 1922 - 5 February 2004) was a pioneer of British space science and founding director of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (part of University College London). Robert Boyd was born in Saltcoats, Ayrshire - one of twin boys. He was a pupil at Whitgift School and studied at Imperial College (BSc(Eng) 1943) and University College London (PhD 1949; Fellow 1988). His scientific career started at the Admiralty Mining Establishment in 1943 where he worked with some notable scientists, including Harrie Massey who would later encourage Boyd to engage in atmospheric physics research at UCL. His thesis was on New Techniques for the Study of Ionised Gases.