Lancelot ware
Lancelot Lionel Ware OBE (born June 5, 1915 in Mitcham , Surrey , † August 15, 2000 ) was an English lawyer and co-founder of Mensa International .
Lancelot Wares fame is mainly based on the founding of Mensa International, the well-known international society for gifted people, together with the Australian lawyer Roland Berrill in 1946. Originally the association should be called "High IQ Club".
Ware was born the eldest son of a businessman and a musician. He was at Steyning Grammar School and Sutton Grammar School . He later attended Imperial College London and studied mathematics , followed by a PhD in biochemistry . He was involved in medical research with Sir Henry Dale at the National Institute for Medical Research in Hampstead , London and became a non-clinical medical researcher and lecturer in biochemistry at St. Thomas' Hospital in London.
During World War II , Ware worked at the secret military research facility at Porton Down . He then worked for the Boots Company in Nottingham . During this time he got to know IQ tests . At the end of the war in 1945, he began studying law at Lincoln College, Oxford . During his time at Oxford , he founded Mensa International on October 1, 1946 . Originally, society was supposed to bring together the 1% of the most intelligent members of society, but a miscalculation led to the most intelligent 2% of society, which is still the criterion for membership for cafeteria today.
Ware joined the Athenaeum Club for Intellectuals in 1983 . He was awarded the OBE to reward his work for the Institute of Patentees and Inventors , which he presided over for years. Ware retired in 1985 and then lived in Surrey, London, Exeter and later in Surrey again.
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| SURNAME | Ware, Lancelot |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ware, Lancelot Lionel OBE |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English lawyer and co-founder of Mensa International |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mitcham |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 2000 |