caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size field birth_date residence prizes article_title name
henry tizard 09 october 1959 fareham , hampshire gillingham , medway , kent 150 chemistry 23 august 1885 english albert medal -lrb- 1944 -rrb- henry tizard
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henry tizard

sir henry thomas tizard frs -lrb- august 23 , 1885 -- october 9 , 1959 -rrb- was an english chemist , inventor and rector of imperial college , who developed the modern `` octane rating '' used to classify petrol , helped develop radar in world war ii , and led the first serious studies of ufos .
