| LC control no. | nr 92003418 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1915 |
| Variant(s) | Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1916 |
| Birth date | 1850-01-29 |
| Death date | 1915-07-06 |
| Profession or occupation | Aeronautical engineers Explorers Inventors |
| Found in | Conyngham, B. Fly [SR] p1987: insert, p. 4 (Lawrence Hargrave, Australian explorer & inventor) LC in RLIN, 1-23-92 (hdg.: Hargrave, Lawrence, 1850-1916) Britannica.com, viewed Sept. 12, 2024 (Lawrence Hargrave, British aeronautical engineer; born Jan. 29, 1850, Greenwich, London, England; died July 6, 1915, Sydney, Australia; English aviation pioneer and inventor of the box kite; immigrated to Australia, where he began work in 1866 as a draftsman; participated in expeditions to New Guinea in 1870s; accepted position as an astonomical assistant at the Sydney Obervatory in 1878; began to research the problems of flight in 1882; constructed a number of monoplane models between 1884 and 1892, employing several methods of propulsion) Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 12, 2024 (Lawrence Hargrave, MRAeS (29 January 1850-6 July 1915) was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer; some sources erroneously state that he died on 14 July 1915. However, his death on 6 July was reported in the Melbourne Argus the following day) |
| Associated language | eng |
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