Please answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: edward george sydney paige - death date: 20 february 2004 - education: reading university - birth date: 18 july 1930 - name: ted paige - birth place: northiam , england - occupation: physicist and engineer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ted paige .
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professor edward george sydney paige frs -lrb- 18 july 1930 -- 20 february 2004 -rrb- , known as ted paige , was a british physicist and engineer .his main areas of research were semiconductor devices to improve radar , including work on surface acoustic waves , and optical techniques using programmable phase plates .