Desmond Kempson
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| Desmond John Kempson | |
|---|---|
 Desmond Kempson | |
| Nicknames | Odd Bod, Disco Des |
| Born | 1927 (age 98–99) |
| Education | St Paul's Cheltenham; London (BSc 1967) |
| Roles | Head of Science |
| Years at BGS | 1973-c1987 |
| Departments | Science |
| Subjects | Physics |
| Notable work(s) | Astronomical Society, Physics and Engineering Films, Radio and Electronics Society |
| Children | Alison; S Kempson |
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 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 Radon generator, smashing it and causing radio-active powder to go everywhere. The laboratory was evacuated;
- Mr Kempson touched the Van de Graaff generator to prove how quickly it lost it's charge, but not on this occasion;
- someone dropped a bottle of mercury which vanished into the floor and appeared a bit later in the chemistry labs via the ceiling. The laboratory was evacuated;
- while electroplating items with copper sulphate someone used a (mainly magnesium) pencil sharpener, thus causing a chemical reaction that quickly filled the entire laboratory with hydrogen. The laboratory was evacuated.