Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell (June 4, 1910 – June 1, 1999) was an English engineer, inventor of the hovercraft. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... BHC SR-N4 The worlds largest car and passenger carrying hovercraft A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth...

Cockerell was born in Cambridge, England, where his father, Sir Sydney Cockerell, was curater of the Fitzwilliam Museum, having previously been da secretary of William Morris. Christopher Cockerell was educated at Gresham's School, Holt. He then studied engineering at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He began his career working for the Marconi company in 1935, and got married soon afterwards. He worked on radar systems during the Second World War. His great invention, the hovercraft, first saw the lite of day in 1953. The idea was not an immediate success, and he was forced to sell personal possessions in order to finance his research. By 1959, a prototype craft was crossing the English Channel between Dover and Calais. Cockerell was knighted in 1969 for his services to engineering. He died at Hythe in Hampshire. Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell (1867-1962) was a British museum curator, collector, and well-connected figure in the literary world. ... The main entrance to the Fitzwilliam Museum, facing Trumpington Sreet. ... Image:Bill Morris - Project Gutenberg eText 13619. ... Gresham’s School is an independent, fully co-educational HMC boarding school set in the beautiful town of Holt in the North Norfolk countryside. ... Holt is a market town in the county of Norfolk, England. ... Full name Peterhouse Motto - Named after St Peters Church (now little St Marys Church) Previous names - Established 1284 Sister College Merton College Master The Lord Wilson of Tillyron Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates 271 Graduates 128 Homepage Boatclub Peterhouse is the oldest college in the University of Cambridge. ... Although Guglielmo Marconi is widely credited as the Inventor of Radio, for some this title is controversial, and competing claims are reviewed in History of radio and Invention of Radio. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This long range RADAR antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll[1]. RADAR is a system that uses radio waves to detect, determine the direction and distance and/or speed... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... BHC SR-N4 The worlds largest car and passenger carrying hovercraft A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prototypes or prototypical instances combine the most representative attributes of a category. ... Map of the English Channel Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche (IPA: ), the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. ... Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port. ... Location within France The Burghers of Calais, by Rodin, with Calais Hotel de Ville behind J.M.W. Turner: Calais Pier Calais (Dutch: ) is a town in northern France, located at 50°57N 1°52E. It is in the département of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The pier at Hythe, Southampton Hythe is a village near Southampton, Hampshire, England. ... Hampshire (abbr. ...

External links

• Find-A-Grave profile for Christopher Cockerell