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Encyclopedia > Trevor Baylis

Trevor G. Baylis (born May 13, 1937 in Kilburn, London, England) is a British inventor. He is best known for inventing a wind-up radio. Rather than using batteries or another external electrical source, the radio is powered by the user winding a crank for several seconds.


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  • 1999 Clock This: My Life as an Inventor

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Trevor Baylis (370 words)
Trevor was born in London in 1937 and brought up in Southall.
Trevor was awarded the Presidential Gold Medal by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and addressed the Conference of Commonwealth Ministers in Botswana for the British Council.
In October 1997 Trevor was awarded the OBE.
Trevor Baylis (876 words)
Trevor G. Baylis was born in Kilburn, London, in 1937 and spent his boyhood in Southall near London.
Trevor was always an avid swimmer and by the age of 15 Trevor was swimming competitively for Britain.
In 1993, Trevor watched a program about the spread of AIDS in Africa, which observed that in many regions radio was the only available means of communication, but the need for batteries or electricity made them too expensive or too difficult to access.
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