Juan De La Cierva
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 89 years ago |
| Address | 28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain |
| Opened | April 11, 2003 |
| Provinces | Community of Madrid |
| Owners | Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid |
| Fare zone | B1 |
| Date of birth | September 21,1895 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Murcia |
| Spain | |
| Died | Croydon |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | María Luisa Gómez-Acebo Varona |
| Known for | Inventor of the autogyro |
| Children | Jaime de la Cierva Gómez-Acebo |
| Parents | Juan de la Cierva y Peñafiel |
| María Codorníu Bosch | |
| Awards | Daniel Guggenheim Medal |
| Elliott Cresson Medal | |
| Academy Scientific and Engineering Award | |
| Date of died | December 9,1936 |
| Education | UPM: Higher Technical School of Civil Engineers |
| Books | Wings of tomorrow |
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| ID | 3074112 |
Juan De La Cierva Life story
Juan de la Ciera y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Ciera was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of a rotorcraft called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogiro in the English language.
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