Desmond King-Hele
British physicist and author (1927–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Desmond George King-Hele FRS (3 November 1927 at Seaford in Sussex – 25 December 2019)[1] was a British physicist, poet and author who crossed the divide between the arts and science to write extensively about the life of Erasmus Darwin, whom he linked with the romantic poets Shelley, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. In 1957, together with Doreen Gilmour, and as part of the Guided Weapons department of Royal Aircraft Establishment, he wrote a report proposing the use of the Blue Streak missile and Black Knight as a satellite launcher. See also: Blue Streak Satellite Launch Vehicle.