Noel Ashbridge

Sir Noel Ashbridge KBE (10 December 1889 – 4 June 1975) was an English engineer who played a key role in the early technical development of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

His involvement in developing the 2MT transmitter led to him acquiring a job as assistant chief engineer at the BBC from January 1926, under his Marconi colleague Peter Eckersley.

[1] In the following years, he played a key role in the development of the engineering side of the BBC, and also offered technical advice to other European countries.

He was later part of a wartime committee set up to plan for post-war resumption of television broadcasting.

He died at a nursing home in Speldhurst, Kent in June 1975, aged 85.