Juan De La Cierva, 1st Count Of La
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 87 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 21,1895 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Murcia |
| Spain | |
| Date of died | December 9,1936 |
| Died | Croydon |
| United Kingdom | |
| Known for | Inventor of the autogyro |
| Books | Wings of tomorrow |
| Job | Inventor |
| Aviator | |
| Civil engineer | |
| Rocket scientist | |
| Awards | Elliott Cresson Medal |
| Academy Scientific and Engineering Award | |
| Daniel Guggenheim Medal | |
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| ID | 642211 |
Juan De La Cierva, 1st Count Of La Life story
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, OCIII was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of the Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language.
