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William Gregory Marley (1908 – 30 November 1980) was a British health physicist.

Marley worked at the Road Research Laboratory on explosives.

Marley invented the Marley Camera

Marley was part of the British Mission to Los Alamos as part off the Manhattan Project, the secret World War II programme to develop the atom bomb. Arriving in Los Alamos in October 1944, Marley brought with him two advanced high speed cameras, which proved invaluable to the project.

In 1948, Marley established the Health Physics Division of Harwell (REPHRASE).

In 1951 he married Joan Bracher.

In 1963 Marley became the first president of the Society for Radiological Protection.

Marley died 30 November 1980 aged 72.

Awards and honours
In 1958 Marley was awarded an OBE.

In 1966 he was awarded the Elda E. Anderson Award by the Health Physics Society.