Juan De La Cierva, 1st Count Of La Cierva (Juan De La Cierva)
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 88 years ago |
Date of birth | September 21,1895 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Murcia |
Spain | |
Date of died | December 9,1936 |
Died | Croydon |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | María Luisa Gómez-Acebo Varona |
Books | Wings of tomorrow |
Parents | Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel |
María Codorníu Bosch | |
Job | Inventor |
Aviator | |
Civil engineer | |
Rocket scientist | |
Education | Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid |
Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal |
Daniel Guggenheim Medal | |
Academy Scientific and Engineering Award | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1564537 |
Juan De La Cierva, 1st Count Of La Cierva (Juan De La Cierva) Life story
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of the Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language.