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Albert Beaumont Wood
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<p>Albert Beaumont Wood <a href="/facts/Order_of_the_British_Empire/HlY9buuN">OBE</a> <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Science/RCVkMNBH">DSc</a> (1890 – 19 July 1964), better known as A B Wood, was a British <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a>, known for his pioneering work in the field of <a href="/facts/Underwater_acoustics/jtz7GLNa">underwater acoustics</a> and <a href="/facts/Sonar/0Rg2G40e">sonar</a>. Wood is known for his work on developing <a href="/facts/Sonar/0Rg2G40e">sonar</a> (known at that time as 'ASDICS') in the UK from the <a href="/facts/First_World_War/vITTUanQ">First World War</a> until after the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a>. </p>