LC control no. | nb2018011901 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | De Havilland, Geoffrey, 1882-1965 |
Variant(s) | Havilland, Geoffrey de, 1882-1965 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Birth date | 1882-07-27 |
Death date | 1965-05-21 |
Place of birth | High Wycombe (England) |
Place of death | Watford (England) |
Field of activity | Aircraft industry Aerospace engineering |
Affiliation | De Havilland Aircraft Company, ltd. |
Profession or occupation | Aerospace engineers |
Found in | De Havilland enterprises, 2017: page 9 (Capt. Geoffrey de Havilland founded the De Havilland Aircraft Company on 25 September 1920) Wikipedia, viewed 21 June 2018 (Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS; born 27 July 1882 at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; died 21 May 1965 at Watford, Hertfordshire; a British aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer; his Mosquito has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production) |