Bryan Aves obituary

My father, Bryan Aves, who has died aged 92, established a successful career as a radiographer and radiotherapist despite having left school at 14 without qualifications. At one point he worked as an assistant for the physicists Otto Frisch and Joseph Rotblat in the secret "tube alloys" experiments that led to the creation of the atom bomb, apparently without knowing what the project was about.

Born in Brixton, south London, to Arthur, an accounts clerk for a dog biscuit factory, and Ellen (nee Stallard), a cleaner, Bryan had a cleft palate at birth; reconstructive surgery was not undertaken until he was 13. Because of the Depression his father struggled for work and the family moved frequently - Bryan attended more than 10 schools, and his education was basic.