Facts: - death place: winchester , hampshire - fields: physics - death date: 24 november 1972 - workplaces: atomic energy research establishment - awards: order of the royal society of mapungubwe order of the british empire fellow - birth date: 02 february 1896 - name: sir basil schonland - image: basil schonland01.jpg - birth place: grahamstown , south africa - alma mater: rhodes university , gonville and caius college , cambridge Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of basil schonland .
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sir basil ferdinand jamieson schonland omg cbe frs -lrb- 2 february 1896 -- 24 november 1972 -rrb- was noted for his research on lightning , his involvement in the development of radar during world war ii and for being the first president of the south african council for scientific and industrial research .