Christopher Cockerell
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Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell CBE (14 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer who is best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
Early life and education
Cockerell was born in Cambridge, where his father, Sir Sydney Cockerell, was the curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, having previously been William Morris' secretary. Florence Kingsford Cockerell, an illustrator and designer, was his mother. Christopher attended St Faith's preparatory School. Christopher was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, to study mechanical engineering, and William Dobson Womersley taught him. He later returned to Cambridge to study radio and electronics.
Later life
Later in life, Cockerell made several other improvements to the hovercraft, as well as numerous other uses for the air cushion principle, such as the hovertrain.
He attended numerous hovercraft-related activities, including the unveiling of several hoverports around the United Kingdom.
Christopher Cockerell died at Hythe, Hampshire, on June 1, 1999, after a short illness.
Although Cockerell was given a knighthood, the British Government of the 1960s awarded him £5,000, the only true indication of his contribution. The financial award will be worth about £50,000 to £100,000 in 2020.
Early career
He began his career with W. H. Allen & Sons of Bedford. He went to work at the Radio Research Company after returning to Cambridge in 1934 to study radio and electronics. He started working at the Marconi Company in 1935, and Margaret Elinor Belsham was married shortly after (September 1913 – September 1996). They lived at the now Grade II listed Gay Bowers Cottage in Danbury, Essex, from 1940 to 1951. During his time in Chelmsford, he led a research team in the famed Marconi hut at Writtle and worked on many aspects, including radar. After the war, he was instrumental in the manufacture of several new pieces of equipment, including radiolocation software and the first equipment used by the BBC in Alexandra Palace.
Awards
- 1965 Awarded the Howard N. Potts Medal
- 1966 Made a CBE
- 1967 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1968 Awarded Elmer A. Sperry Award for his development of the Hovercraft
- 1969 Knighted for his services to engineering