Geoffrey Pyke

For those of a similar name, see Geoffrey Pike (disambiguation).

Geoffrey Pyke
Born
Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph Pyke

(1893-11-09)9 November 1893
Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Died21 February 1948(1948-02-21) (aged 54)
Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
OccupationsJournalist, educationalist and inventor
SpouseMargaret Amy Chubb
Scientific career
Known forPykrete, Project Habakkuk
FieldsMilitary technology
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Geoffrey Pyke (9 November 1893 – 21 February 1948) was an English journalist, educationalist, and inventor.

Pyke came to public attention when he escaped from internment in Germany during World War I. He had travelled to Germany under a false passport, and was soon arrested and interned.

During the Second World War, Pyke proposed the newly invented material, pykrete, for the construction of the ship Habakkuk.

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