Trevor Baylis
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| Born | Trevor Graham Baylis 13 May 1937 Kilburn, London, England |
| Died | 5 March 2018 (aged 80) Eel Pie Island, Greater London, England |
| Known for | Wind-up radio |
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| Website | www |
Trevor Graham Baylis CBE (13 May 1937 – 5 March 2018) was an English inventor best known for the wind-up radio. The radio, instead of relying on batteries or external electrical source, is powered by the user winding a crank. This stores energy in a spring which then drives an electrical generator. Baylis invented it in response to the need to communicate information about AIDS to the "people of Africa". He ran a company in his name dedicated to helping inventors to develop and protect their ideas and to find a route to market.