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Christopher Cockerell | |
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Born | Cambridge, England | 4 June 1910
Died | 1 June 1999 | (aged 88)
Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Known for | Hovercraft |
Spouse |
Margaret Belsham
(m. 1937; died 1996) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society RDI Elmer A. Sperry Award Royal Medal (1966) Albert Medal (1966) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mechanical Engineering |
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell CBE RDI FRS[1] (4 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.