Desmond Kempson - Revision history

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Minor Disasters

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	*while demonstrating how friction generates heat by running [[Andrew Elsom]] up and down the bench, the subject's head became impaled on a gas tap;		*while demonstrating how friction generates heat by running [[Andrew Elsom]] up and down the bench, the subject's head became impaled on a gas tap;
	*someone dropped the glass bottled [[Wikipedia:Radon\|Radon]] generator, smashing it and causing radio-active powder to go everywhere. The laboratory was evacuated;		*someone dropped the glass bottled [[Wikipedia:Radon\|Radon]] generator, smashing it and causing radio-active powder to go everywhere. The laboratory was evacuated;
	*Mr Kempson touched the [[Wikipedia:Van de Graaff generator\|Van de Graaff generator]] to prove how quickly it lost ~~it's~~ charge, but not on this occasion;		*Mr Kempson touched the [[Wikipedia:Van de Graaff generator\|Van de Graaff generator]] to prove how quickly it lost its charge, but not on this occasion;
	*someone dropped a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Mercury (element)\|mercury]] which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;		*someone dropped a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Mercury (element)\|mercury]] which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;
	*while [[Wikipedia:electroplating\|electroplating]] items with [[Wikipedia:Copper(II) sulfate\|copper sulphate]] someone used a (mainly [[Wikipedia:magnesium\|magnesium]]) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with [[Wikipedia:hydrogen\|hydrogen]]. The laboratory was evacuated.		*while [[Wikipedia:electroplating\|electroplating]] items with [[Wikipedia:Copper(II) sulfate\|copper sulphate]] someone used a (mainly [[Wikipedia:magnesium\|magnesium]]) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with [[Wikipedia:hydrogen\|hydrogen]]. The laboratory was evacuated.

Smeeds: Before BGS and some genealogical information

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Before BGS and some genealogical information

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	\| birth_place =		\| birth_place = Walsall, West Midlands
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	\| citizenship =		\| citizenship =
	\| education = St Paul's Cheltenham; London (BSc 1967)		\| education = [[Wikipedia:University of Gloucestershire\|St Paul's College Cheltenham]] (c1952); London (BSc 1967)
	\| roles = Head of Science		\| roles = Head of Science
	\| years_at_BGS = 1973-c1987		\| years_at_BGS = 1973-c1987
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	\| successor =		\| successor =
	\| spouse =		\| spouse = Janet W Done
	\| partner =		\| partner =
	\| children = Alison; [[S Kempson]]		\| children = Alison; [[S Kempson]]
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	'''Desmond John Kempson''' was a teacher of Physics at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1973-c1987).		'''Desmond John Kempson''' was a teacher of Physics at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1973-c1987).

	Before arriving at BGS he had spent ten years at [[Wikipedia:King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth\|Louth Grammar School]] followed by the Head of Science post at [[Wikipedia:Chipping Campden School\|Chipping Camden Comprehensive School]]. He took up the new role of Head of Science at BGS.		He served in the army in India. Before arriving at BGS he had spent ten years at [[Wikipedia:King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth\|Louth Grammar School]] followed by four years in the Head of Science post at [[Wikipedia:Chipping Campden School\|Chipping Camden Comprehensive School]]. He took up the new role of Head of Science at BGS.

	== Minor Disasters ==		== Minor Disasters ==

Smeeds: Before BGS

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Before BGS

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	'''Desmond John Kempson''' was a teacher of Physics at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1973-c1987).		'''Desmond John Kempson''' was a teacher of Physics at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1973-c1987).

			Before arriving at BGS he had spent ten years at [[Wikipedia:King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth\|Louth Grammar School]] followed by the Head of Science post at [[Wikipedia:Chipping Campden School\|Chipping Camden Comprehensive School]]. He took up the new role of Head of Science at BGS.

	== Minor Disasters ==		== Minor Disasters ==

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	*someone dropped a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Mercury (element)\|mercury]] which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;		*someone dropped a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Mercury (element)\|mercury]] which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;
	*while [[Wikipedia:electroplating\|electroplating]] items with [[Wikipedia:Copper(II) sulfate\|copper sulphate]] someone used a (mainly [[Wikipedia:magnesium\|magnesium]]) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with [[Wikipedia:hydrogen\|hydrogen]]. The laboratory was evacuated.		*while [[Wikipedia:electroplating\|electroplating]] items with [[Wikipedia:Copper(II) sulfate\|copper sulphate]] someone used a (mainly [[Wikipedia:magnesium\|magnesium]]) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with [[Wikipedia:hydrogen\|hydrogen]]. The laboratory was evacuated.

			== See Also ==

			*[[:Boston Grammar School Staff]]
			[[Category:Chemistry]]
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	~~== See Also ==~~

	*[[:Boston Grammar School Staff]]
	~~[[Category:Chemistry]]~~

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Clubs and Societies

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Smeeds: /* Minor Disasters */

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Minor Disasters

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Disco Des

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Smeeds: Disasters and photo

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Disasters and photo

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	'''Desmond John Kempson''' was a teacher of Physics at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1973-c1987).		'''Desmond John Kempson''' was a teacher of Physics at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1973-c1987).

			== Minor Disasters ==

			The following catalogue of disasters in Desmond Kempson's Physics classes was supplied by [[Pat Everitt]].

			*while demonstrating [[Wikipedia:centripetal force\|centripetal force]] with a bucket of water, the handle broke;
			*while demonstrating how friction generates heat by running [[Andrew Elsom]] up and down the bench, the subject's head became impaled on a gas tap;
			*someone dropped the glass bottled [[Wikipedia:Radon\|Radon]] generator, smashing it and causing radio-active powder to go everywhere. The laboratory was evacuated;
			*Mr Kempson touched the [[Wikipedia:Van de Graaff generator\|Van de Graaff generator]] to prove how quickly it lost it's charge, but not on this occasion;
			*someone dropped a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Mercury (element)\|mercury]] which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;
			*while [[Wikipedia:electroplating\|electroplating]] items with [[Wikipedia:Copper(II) sulfate\|copper sulphate]] someone used a (mainly [[Wikipedia:magnesium\|magnesium]]) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with [[Wikipedia:hydrogen\|hydrogen]]. The laboratory was evacuated.
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	*while demonstrating how friction generates heat by running [[Andrew Elsom]] up and down the bench, the subject's head became impaled on a gas tap;		*while demonstrating how friction generates heat by running [[Andrew Elsom]] up and down the bench, the subject's head became impaled on a gas tap;
	*someone dropped the glass bottled [[Wikipedia:Radon\|Radon]] generator, smashing it and causing radio-active powder to go everywhere. The laboratory was evacuated;		*someone dropped the glass bottled [[Wikipedia:Radon\|Radon]] generator, smashing it and causing radio-active powder to go everywhere. The laboratory was evacuated;
	*Mr Kempson touched the [[Wikipedia:Van de Graaff generator\|Van de Graaff generator]] to prove how quickly it lost ~~it's~~ charge, but not on this occasion;		*Mr Kempson touched the [[Wikipedia:Van de Graaff generator\|Van de Graaff generator]] to prove how quickly it lost its charge, but not on this occasion;
	*someone dropped a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Mercury (element)\|mercury]] which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;		*someone dropped a bottle of [[Wikipedia:Mercury (element)\|mercury]] which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;
	*while [[Wikipedia:electroplating\|electroplating]] items with [[Wikipedia:Copper(II) sulfate\|copper sulphate]] someone used a (mainly [[Wikipedia:magnesium\|magnesium]]) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with [[Wikipedia:hydrogen\|hydrogen]]. The laboratory was evacuated.		*while [[Wikipedia:electroplating\|electroplating]] items with [[Wikipedia:Copper(II) sulfate\|copper sulphate]] someone used a (mainly [[Wikipedia:magnesium\|magnesium]]) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with [[Wikipedia:hydrogen\|hydrogen]]. The laboratory was evacuated.

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	*[[:Boston Grammar School Staff]]		*[[:Boston Grammar School Staff]]
			[[Category:Chemistry]]

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			== See Also ==

			*[[:Boston Grammar School Staff]]