Geoffrey Bownas
born 9.2.1923 Yorkshire
educated Bradford Grammar School
educated Queen's College,Oxford
Army (Private) 1943 (at Catterick)
volunteered to learn Japanese
GC and CS,Bletchley Park (Japanese codebreaker)
Intelligence Corps (Lt)
graduated Queen's College,Oxford
educated Kyoto University,Japan
Professor,Oxford University Department of Japanese Studies
Professor,University of Sheffield (Japanese Department)
research fellow,St Antony's College,Oxford
interpreter and broadcaster 1950s
awarded Order of the Sacred Treasure with Sun's Rays (Japan) 1999
awarded C.B.E. 2003
married Wiesia Janina Cook
2 daughters from previous marriage
died 17.2.2011
