Raymond Butt
He formed a large collection of railway tickets and in 1995 published a directory of "every station, halt, platform and stopping place on the British passenger network".He studied natural philosophy (physics) at the University of Edinburgh where he was taught by the future Nobel laureate Peter Higgs and the mathematician Alexander Aitken.He formed a large collection of railway tickets[3] and in 1995 published a directory of "every station, halt, platform and stopping place on the British passenger network".[2] He rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1968 when he competed in the Silver Goblets competition for coxless pairs and in 1969 was elected to the Stewards' Enclosure there, performing nearly 50 years service.[3] At The King's School he implemented new techniques of rowing based on his knowledge of physics that involved the rowers pausing for a split second at the end of each stroke.
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