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Derek Jackson
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Professor Derek Ainslie Jackson, FRS, DFC, AFC, OBE and Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor (June 23, 1906 – February 20, 1982) was a noted spectroscopist.
Quotes
Never go to a public lavatory in London. I always pee in the street. You may be fined a few pounds for committing a nuisance, but in a public lavatory you risk two years in prison because a policeman in plain clothes says you smiled at him.
as quoted by Diana Mosley Loved ones: pen portraits Sidgwick & Jackson 1985 93
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Category:Physicists from England
Category:1906 births
Category:1982 deaths