Geoffrey Pyke
1893–1948
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- journalist
Geoffrey Pyke (9 November 1893 â 21 February 1948) was an English journalist, educationalist, and inventor. Pyke came to public attention when he escaped from internment in Germany during World War I.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Ruhleben internment campDates unknown
Biography
Geoffrey Pyke (9 November 1893 â 21 February 1948) was an English journalist, educationalist, and inventor. Pyke came to public attention when he escaped from internment in Germany during World War I. He had travelled to Germany under a false passport, and was soon arrested and interned. During the Second World War, Pyke proposed the newly invented material, pykrete, for the construction of the ship Habakkuk.
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