Spencer Silver, Kevin Jackson, Patricia Brown, Asfaw Yemiru
Matthew Bannister on chemist Spencer Silver, writer Kevin Jackson, codebreaker Patricia Brown, teacher Asfaw Yemiru.
Matthew Bannister on
Dr. Spencer Silver, the American chemist who invented the adhesive used in Post It Notes.
Kevin Jackson, the writer, broadcaster and critic described as a β21st century man of lettersβ.
Patricia Brown, who played a leading role in cracking German codes at Bletchley Park during the second world war.
Asfaw Yemiru, the former street boy from Ethiopia who founded a school for orphans in Addis Ababa which has given free education to thousands of students.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Linda Spencer
Interviewed guest: Art Fry
Interviewed guest: Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed guest: Iona Brown
Interviewed guest: Dr Tessa Dunlop
Interviewed guest: Beneberu Demissie Kassa
Interviewed guest: Revd Canon Tim Kinahan
Archive clips used: Twenty Minutes_Dutch Icons_Vermeer: Radio 3, TX 8.10.2002; Saturday Review: Radio 4, TX 9.11.2019
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Spencer Silver
Born 6 February 1941; died 8 May 2021, aged 80.
Last Word spoke to his wife Linda and to his collaborator on the Post-It note, Art Fry.
Kevin Jackson
Born 3 January 1955; died 10 May 2021, aged 66.
Last Word spoke to his friend and fellow broadcaster, Tom Sutcliffe.
Patricia Brown
Born 1 May 1917; died 26 February 2021, aged 103.
Last Word spoke to her daughter, Iona Brown and to Dr Tessa Dunlop, author of The Bletchley Girls.
Asfaw Yemiru
BornΒ probably in 1941 or 1942; died 8 May 2021, aged around 80.
Last Word spoke to Beneberu Demissie Kassa, a former pupil of the school Asfaw Yemiru founded and to his friend, the Revd Canon Tim Kinahan.
Broadcasts
- Fri 21 May 2021 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 23 May 2021 20:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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