Sir Ben Lockspeiser (March 9, 1891 - October 18, 1990) was the first President of CERN.

Quote about the establishment of CERN. "Scientific research lives and flourishes in an atmosphere of freedom - freedom to doubt, freedom to enquire and freedom to discover. These are the conditions under which this new laboratory has been established."

Reference to an Automatic Computing Engine project is referenced in memos dated from 1950 at the Alan Turing Archive ^*.

Much is mentioned about his cancellation of the Miles M.52 Supersonic Jet project when he was Director of Scientific Research.

External links

• CERN Courier (January/February 1960)

1891 births | 1990 deaths | British knights | British physicists | Fellows of the Royal Society | British Jews | Jewish scientists