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Harry Boot
Born29 July 1917
Birmingham
Died8 February 1983 (aged 65)
NationalityEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
Known forcavity magnetron
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics
Doctoral advisorMark Oliphant

Henry Albert Howard Boot (29 July 1917 – 8 February 1983) was an English physicist who with Sir John Randall and James Sayers developed the cavity magnetron, which was one of the keys to the Allied victory in the Second World War.[1]

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