Arnold Hugh William Beck (7 August 1916 – 11 October 1997) was a British scientist and electrical engineer, a specialist in plasma and microwaves, Professor of Engineering in the University of Cambridge.
[1] In 1937, after graduation, Beck became a research engineer with Henry Hughes & Sons, remaining with the firm until 1941.
[1] From 1947 he was an engineer with Standard Telephones and Cables, ultimately as head of the Valve Research Division.
In 1958 he was appointed a Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Cambridge, where he led a group researching new ways to generate very high frequency radio waves.
[2] In 1964 he was promoted to Reader and in 1966 was elected to one of the three Professorships of Engineering established that year.