Editing Henry Tizard (section)

{{Short description|English chemist, inventor, and defence adviser (1885–1959)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sir Henry Tizard
| caption = Henry Tizard
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1885|08|23}}
| birth_place = [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1959|10|09|1885|08|23}}
| death_place = [[Fareham]], [[Hampshire]], England
| father = [[Thomas Henry Tizard]]
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB|AFC|FRS}}
| module = {{Infobox scientist
| embed = yes
| field = [[Chemistry]]
| prizes = {{plainlist|
*[[Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts)|Albert Medal]] {{small|(1944)}}
*[[Fellow of the Royal Society]]}}
}}
}}
'''Sir Henry Thomas Tizard''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB|AFC|FRS}} (23 August 1885 – 9 October 1959) was an English [[chemist]], [[inventor]] and [[Rector of Imperial College]], who developed the modern "[[octane rating]]" used to classify [[petrol]], helped develop [[radar]] in [[World War II]], and led the first serious studies of [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]]s.