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Frederick W. Lanchester

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Also known as Paul Netherton-Herries, Fred Lanchester, Frederick Lanchester, Frederick William Lanchester

British polymath (1868–1946)

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Works
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Top works

  • Aircraft in Warfare

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Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1902-10-28
Active to
1986-12-26

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Quotes

  • The salmon may be cited as typically fish-shaped fish.
  • On this question of armour it cannot be too strongly insisted that anything less than the thickness necessary definitely to stop the projectile is worse than useless; a "mushroomed" bullet, possibly accompanied by a few detached fragments of steel, is infinitely more disagreeable and dangerous than a bullet which has not been upset.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Frederick
Gender
male
Place of birth
Lewisham
Place of death
Birmingham
Occupation
inventor
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Thinktank Birmingham - Lanchester F(1).jpg
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date of birth
1868-10-23
date of death
1946-03-08
member of
Royal Society
pseudonym
Paul Netherton-Herries
Commons category
Frederick Lanchester
archives at
Bodleian Library
Commons Creator page
Frederick W. Lanchester
name in native language
Frederick William Lanchester
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Sources (4)

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