Sir Christopher Cockerell

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Christopher_Cockerell
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1910-06-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Anna_Cockerell
gptkb:Frances_Cockerell
gptkbp:deathDate 1999-06-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hythe,_Hampshire,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer gptkb:British_Hovercraft_Corporation
gptkb:Marconi_Company
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:inventor
engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Christopher_Sydney_Cockerell
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Christopher Cockerell
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor inventing the hovercraft
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkbp:patent hovercraft patent
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Hythe,_Hampshire,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Elinor_Belsham
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3