Geoffrey Timms

1903 - 1982

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Geoffrey Timms studied at Leeds and Cambridge and then took up a post at St Andrews. During World War II he served at Bletchley Park and Cheltenham and joined the Foreign Office afterwards. He became President of the EMS in 1941.
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  1. Obituary: Royal Society of Edinburgh

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EMS President1941

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