Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell

British physicist

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1886

Place of Birth: Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Jul-1957

Profession: politician, physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, ( CHAR-wel; 5 April 1886 – 3 July 1957) was a British physicist who was prime scientific adviser to Winston Churchill in World War II. Lindemann was a brilliant but arrogant intellectual, who quarrelled sharply with many respected advisers.
His contribution to Allied victory lay chiefly in logistics.
He was particularly adept at converting data into clear charts to promote a strategy.
But despite his credentials, his judgment about technology was often flawed.
He tried to block the development of radar in favour of infra-red beams.
He discounted the first reports of the enemy’s "V" weapons programme.
He pressed the case for the strategic area bombing of cities on a false premise about the impact of such bombing on civilian morale. His abiding influence on Churchill stemmed from close personal friendship, as a member of the latter’s country-house set, including Evelyn Waugh, the Mitfords and the Sitwells.
In Churchill’s second government, he was given a seat in the cabinet, and later created Viscount Cherwell of Oxford.