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Mar 27, 1935 Carreglefn, Wales, United Kingdom Died on 11 Jan 2013 (aged 77)
Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur
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About Tom Parry Jones
- Thomas "Tom" Parry Jones OBE (27 March 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work.
- Born and raised on Anglesey, he attended Bangor University and went on to study for his doctorate at University of Alberta, Canada.
- Prior to his work on the breathalyser at Lion Laboratories, he was a lecturer at the Royal Military College of Science and the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology.
- He established the Dr Tom Parry Jones Endowment Fund at Bangor University in 2002.
- After selling Lion Laboratories in 2005, he set up PPM Technology and Welsh Dragon Aviation.
- A trust was set up in his, and his wife's, names.
- The Tom and Raj Jones Trust promotes work by young entrepreneurs.
