Juan de la Cierva
Spanish engineer and count (1895–1936) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is De la Cierva and the second or maternal family name is Codorníu.
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva ([ˈxwan de la ˈθjeɾβaj koðoɾˈni.u]; 21 September 1895 – 9 December 1936), was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self-taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcraft[1][2] called Autogiro,[3] a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. In 1923, after four years of experimentation, De la Cierva developed the articulated rotor, which resulted in the world's first successful flight of a stable rotary-wing aircraft, with his C.4 prototype.
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Born | Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu (1895-09-21)21 September 1895 Murcia, Spain |
Died | 9 December 1936(1936-12-09) (aged 41) Croydon, United Kingdom |
Resting place | La Almudena Cemetery, Madrid, Spain |
Alma mater | Escuela Especial de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos |
Occupation(s) | Civil engineer, aviator, inventor |
Known for | Inventor of the autogyro |
Awards | Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1932) Elliott Cresson Medal (1933) |
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