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De Havilland, Geoffrey, 1882-1965

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Personal name headingDe Havilland, Geoffrey, 1882-1965
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Variant(s)Havilland, Geoffrey de, 1882-1965
Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1882-07-27
Death date1965-05-21
Place of birthHigh Wycombe (England)
Place of deathWatford (England)
Field of activityAircraft industry Aerospace engineering
AffiliationDe Havilland Aircraft Company, ltd.
Profession or occupationAerospace engineers
Found inDe Havilland enterprises, 2017: page 9 (Capt. Geoffrey de Havilland founded the De Havilland Aircraft Company on 25 September 1920)
Wikipedia, viewed 21 June 2018 (Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS; born 27 July 1882 at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; died 21 May 1965 at Watford, Hertfordshire; a British aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer; his Mosquito has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production)