Frank
Kenneth Goward (1919-1954), my father
Here is a new page dated November 5th
2008 with a photo I have received from Tim Booth
And a tiny
bit of my mum’s side at the bottom
Really I
only have photos (this should be fkg) and an obit;
“Frank
Kenneth Goward was born August 30 1919, educated at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar
School Wakefield, and
Soon after
the end of the War, Mr Goward transferred to the staff of the newly formed
Atomic Energy Research Establishment to take a leading part in the design of a
novel particle accelerator, the electron synchroton. By November 1946,
collaborating with D.E.Barnes, he had established the validity of the new
principle by accelerating electrons from 4 to 8 MeV. This was the start of a
career of intense scientific activity during which Goward became an
internationally recognised authority not only on the design of particle
accelerators, but also in their use in studies of the nucleus. A man of
remarkable energy, he took part in the design of the University of Glasgow 300
MeV electron synchroton, the 140 MeV machine for the
In 1950 Mr
Goward was invited to attend a committee of scientists called together by
Unesco.
From these
early discussions, plans were developed for an international laboratory under
the auspices the Council for European Nuclear Research (CERN). In 1952 Mr
Goward was appointed deputy director of the group responsible for the design
study of a proton synchrotron to give a proton beam with an energy greater than
10 GeV. By October 1953 the work had
progressed to the stage where it was necessary to bring together the scientists
working on this project. Goward was granted leave of absence to join the
Council staff, and moved with his family to
Frank
Goward was an outstanding young physicist; during his career he presented many
scientific papers covering a wide field of research. His ability, combined with
an irrepressible sense of humour, earned him great respect among his many
friends and colleagues. “
His father,
also I think Frank Kenneth, was reputed to have been a pit boy, who became
manager of a mine somewhere near Normanton. Certainly I visited him there.
Photos of him, her, and the front door. I remember them better at
There are a
couple of photos of three generations including my father and grandfather:
The one on
the left is supposed to have included my great grandfather. The one on the
right includes me
Finally, my
favourite I think, my mothers mother and her mother