Sir Christopher Cockerell
(1910-1999), Scientist and inventor of the hovercraftSitter in 4 portraits
Engineer and inventor of the hovercraft (1953); researcher for Marconi (1935-50), working on television transmitters and radar; developed ideas of air cushioned vehicles through the 1950s, seeing the launch of the first practical hovercraft in 1959; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (1967-79).
by Emma Sergeant
oil on board, 1985
NPG 5830
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 8 July 1969
NPG x6290
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, circa 1969
NPG x44635
by Carolyn Djanogly
bromide print, 1998
NPG x87752
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