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MR. FRANCIS CHARLES LEWIS was one of five men who unfortunately met their death through an explosion at the Research Department, Woolwich, on July 8. Born at Barry, South Wales, in 1894, he was educated at the Woolwich Polytechnic and Cardiff Municipal Secondary School. He studied at the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, graduating B.Sc. (Wales) in 1915. He then joined the staff of Messrs. Nobel's explosives factory at Pembrey, where he later superintended the manufacture of trinitrotoluene. In 1918 he became a member of the Royal Flying Corps, and shortly after the Armistice was appointed technical research chemist by Messrs. British Dyestuffs, Ltd.
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R., G. Mr. F. C. Lewis. Nature 138, 276 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138276a0
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