Juan de la Cierva
Spanish civil engineer and aircraft pilot
Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva, 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... Wikipedia
Born: September 21, 1895, Murcia, Spain
Died: December 9, 1936 (age 41 years), Croydon, United Kingdom
Spouse: María Luisa Gómez-Acebo Varona (m. 1919–1936)
Books: Wings of tomorrow
Organization founded: Cierva Autogiro Company