Darrieus, Georges

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Name
Darrieus, Georges Gender: M
Georges Jean Marie Eugène Darrieus
born on 24 September 1888 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM )
Place Toulon, France, 43n07, 5e56
Timezone LMT m5e56 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Mandl
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 01°45' s_mo.18.gif s_taucol.18.gif 18°37 Asc.s_scocol.18.gif 18°58'



Georges Darrieus (Darrieus windmill)

Biography

French aeronautical engineer in the 20th century, perhaps most famous for his invention of the Darrieus rotor, a wind turbine capable of operating from any direction and under adverse weather conditions, and the vertical-axis giromill. He died on 15 July 1979 at age 90 in Houilles, France.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Michaël Mandl quotes birth record [1].

Categories

  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 90)
  • Vocation : Engineer : Aerospace
  • Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator