Frank Farmer (physicist)

Frank Farmer (physicist)

Frank Farmer OBE (18 September 1912 - 16 July 2004) was a pioneer in the application of physics to medicine, particularly in relation to the practical aspects of cancer treatment by radiation.

Frank Taylor Farmer was born in Bexleyheath, Kent and studied at Eltham College before graduating with a first-class honours degree in electrical engineering from King's College London in 1933.

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* [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article39317.ece Obituary from "The Independent"]


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