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"In later years his behavior became quite eccentric. According to associate B. A. Behrend, he became a recluse who was so averse to meeting people that he deliv
by keithpeter 12y ago
"In later years his behavior became quite eccentric. According to associate B. A. Behrend, he became a recluse who was so averse to meeting people that he delivered the manuscripts of his Electrician papers to a grocery store, where the editors picked them up." --quote from OA
Does Prof. Nahin's biography mention PC Brock?
http://www.elayer.org.uk/page2.html http://www.elayer.org.uk/page2.html
- ky3 12y agoFootnote 104: "Bobby" was Constable Henry Brock, who went well out of his way to help Heaviside in his everyday activities, including the fetching of food. His daughter would occasionally help straighten up Homefield. Oliver wrote many letters to the Brock family, but none of them seems to have survived, Brock died in 1947. A good library should have the biography.