H. J. M. Bowen

Humphry John Moule Bowen was a British botanist and chemist born in Oxford, England, son of the physical chemist Edmund Bowen. He completed a DPhil in chemistry at Oxford University in 1953. His first post was with the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE), working at the Wantage Research Laboratory, then in Berkshire. His early work led to an interest in radioisotopes and trace elements that lasted throughout his working life. While at AERE, he attended the British nuclear tests at …