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Geoffrey Nathaniel Joseph 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 .
29. Aug. 2014 · Pykrete was named after its inventor, Geoffrey Pyke, an amateur eccentric whom Mountbatten had recently appointed as his director of programmes. This was the crowning moment in an odd career.
7. Mai 2015 · An obituary in the London Times called inventor, fugitive, and spy Geoffrey Pike 'one of the most original yet unrecognized figures of the twentieth century.'
26. Aug. 2014 · The British inventor Geoffrey Pyke lived the kind of life normally chronicled in adventure novels. He escaped from a World War I German internment camp, built a fortune on the stock exchange and...
Geoffrey Pyke lived most of his life as if it was an experiment. The idea he wanted to test was simple enough: that he could solve any problem, and what’s more, so could anyone else. There followed one of the most extraordinary lives of the 20th century.
30. Sept. 2015 · Pyke was first a journalist, having landed a job as a foreign correspondent at the age of 20 after sneaking into wartime Germany under a false passport in 1914. But he became better known in his later capacity as an inventor – particularly for his unorthodox weapons of war.
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, M: Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest SpymasterIn the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's great minds. An inventor,...
