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Geoffrey De Havilland

Sir Geoffrey De Havilland

English aircraft engineer (1882–1965).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Place of Death

Watford

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
( - 4/12/1927)
End Cause
:
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
End Time
: 4/12/1927

Date of Birth

7/27/1882

Date of Death

5/21/1965

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

High Wycombe

Occupation

Military Flight Engineer
Test Pilot
Aircraft Pilot
Entrepreneur

Award Received

10 items
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(1934)
Point in Time
: 1934
Daniel Guggenheim Medal
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Harmon Trophy
Air Force Cross
(1919)
Point in Time
: 1919
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Order of Merit
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Knight Bachelor
Royal Designer for Industry
(1944)
Point in Time
: 1944
Order of the British Empire
Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Given Name

Geoffrey

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Child

John De Havilland
Geoffrey De Havilland, Jr.
Peter Thomas De Havilland

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Cause of Death

Cerebral Hemorrhage

Educated At

St Edward's School
Crystal Palace School
(1900 - 1903)
Subject Named As
:Crystal Palace School of Engineering
End Time
: 1903
Start Time
: 1900

Sibling

Hereward De Havilland
Ione Florence J. De Havilland

Father

Charles De Havilland

Mother

Alice Jeannette Saunders

Family Name

De Havilland

Employer

Willans & Robinson

Spouse

Louise Thomas
(1909 - )
Series Ordinal
:1
Start Time
: 1909
Joan Mary Frith
(1951 - )
Series Ordinal
:2
Start Time
: 1951
Louie Thomas

Name in Native Language

Sir Geoffrey de Havilland

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Relative

Olivia De Havilland
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