{"id":31024,"date":"2018-03-06T07:42:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T11:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31024"},"modified":"2018-03-06T07:44:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T11:44:40","slug":"rest-in-peace-trevor-baylis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/rest-in-peace-trevor-baylis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest in peace, Trevor Baylis CBE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trevor Baylis (Source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday, while driving home from the Winter SWL Fest, I learned that inventor Trevor Baylis passed away at the age of 80.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post<\/em> contributors who sent me news articles and obituaries.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m honored to have spoken with Mr. Baylis over the years; he\u2019s a brilliant, caring fellow with a sharp mind for solving problems and inventing solutions. Indeed, his advice has been invaluable\u00a0for my charity,\u00a0Ears To Our World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not only did his clockwork radio design lead to a staple resource in our mission, but he was especially helpful as we invented, produced and distributed our flashlight that runs on dead batteries–the HumanaLight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’ll miss you, Trevor.<\/p>\n

Click here to read Trevor Baylis’ obituary at The Guardian.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, while driving home from the Winter SWL Fest, I learned that inventor Trevor Baylis passed away at the age of 80. Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who sent me news articles and obituaries. I\u2019m honored to have spoken with Mr. Baylis over the years; he\u2019s a brilliant, caring fellow with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[3502,592,1709],"class_list":["post-31024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-clockwork-radio","tag-hand-crank-radios","tag-trevor-baylis"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-84o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11894,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/trevor-baylis-a-cbe-in-the-new-year-honours-list\/","url_meta":{"origin":31024,"position":0},"title":"Trevor Baylis: a CBE in the New Year Honours list","author":"Thomas","date":"December 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Inventor of the clockwork radio, Trevor Baylis, has been made a CBE in the New Year Honors list. 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