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Sir William Richard Joseph Cook, KCB FRS (10 April 1905 – 16 September 1987) was a British civil servant and mathematician. A graduate of Bristol University, he joined the staff of the Woolwich Arsenal in 1928, working on the 6-inch naval guns and the 3-inch antiaircraft rocket. During the Second World War he was deputy controller of the Projectile Development Establishment. After the war he became director of the Ministry of Supply's Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott, Buckinghamshire. In 1947 he joined the Royal Naval Scientific Service, serving as its chief from 1950 to 1954, when he became deputy head of the Weapons Group of the newly created United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). It was under his leadership that Britain developed the hydrogen bomb, and he was present

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rdfs:label	William Richard Joseph Cook (de) William Cook (fr) William Richard Joseph Cook (en)
rdfs:comment	Sir William Richard Joseph « Bill » Cook, né le 10 avril 1905 à Trowbridge et mort le 16 septembre 1987, est un scientifique et haut fonctionnaire britannique spécialiste du nucléaire et des questions de défense. Méconnu du grand public, ce « père » de la bombe H britannique, est cité comme l'une des personnes ayant également permis à la France d'obtenir la bombe H. (fr) Sir William Richard Joseph Cook, genannt Bill Cook, (* 10. April 1905 in Trowbridge; † 16. September 1987) war ein britischer Physiker. Er arbeitete überwiegend an Rüstungsprojekten für das britische Verteidigungsministerium (MOD, Ministry of Defence). Cook arbeitete 32 Jahre lang für das britische Verteidigungsministerium und 10 Jahre für die Atomenergiebehörde, insbesondere an Nuklearwaffen (er war an der Entwicklung der britischen Wasserstoffbombe beteiligt) und Kernreaktoren. 1962 wurde er Fellow der Royal Society. 1970 wurde er als Knight Commander des Order of the Bath (KCB) geadelt. (de) Sir William Richard Joseph Cook, KCB FRS (10 April 1905 – 16 September 1987) was a British civil servant and mathematician. A graduate of Bristol University, he joined the staff of the Woolwich Arsenal in 1928, working on the 6-inch naval guns and the 3-inch antiaircraft rocket. During the Second World War he was deputy controller of the Projectile Development Establishment. After the war he became director of the Ministry of Supply's Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott, Buckinghamshire. In 1947 he joined the Royal Naval Scientific Service, serving as its chief from 1950 to 1954, when he became deputy head of the Weapons Group of the newly created United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). It was under his leadership that Britain developed the hydrogen bomb, and he was present (en)
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