Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: cupar , fife , scotland - birth name: james robert atkinson - death date: 9 may 2008 - birth date: 17 february 1916 - name: james robert atkinson - image: jamesrobertatkinson.jpg - birth place: wallington , england - occupation: experimental physicist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james atkinson -lrb- physicist -rrb- .
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james robert atkinson , ma , finstp , frse , frmets , radar pioneer 1938-45 , reader in natural philosophy at glasgow university 1945-58 , deputy-director of research at the nuclear establishment at dounreay 1958-66 , deputy-director of the british shipping research association 1966-76 , and deputy-director of the institute of offshore engineering at heriot-watt university 1976-9 .