John Dolphin
While he was working as Engineer-in-Chief at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment John Dolphin worked on the Red Beard trigger mechanism and in 1959 requested a financial award for his work on the weapon, but was turned down. His claim was that although it was not his job to do so, he invented the device that eventually became the trigger for the bomb but the claim was refused on the grounds that it was within the scope of his duties
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