Christopher Cockerell

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British person engineer human inventor

Christopher Cockerell was a British engineer and inventor best known for creating the hovercraft.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → engineer → human → inventor →
awardReceived	Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Howard N. Potts Medal →
causeOfDeath	Parkinson's disease →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1910-06-04 →
dateOfDeath	1999-06-01 →
developed	SR.N1 hovercraft prototype →
educatedAt	Gresham's School NERFINISHED → Peterhouse, Cambridge NERFINISHED →
employer	Marconi → Marconi Company →
familyName	Cockerell →
fieldOfWork	aeronautics → mechanical engineering →
givenName	Christopher →
hasFather	Sydney Cockerell →
hasMother	Florence Kingsford Cockerell →
hasPatentOn	air-cushion vehicle →
honorificTitle	Sir →
influenced	development of commercial hovercraft transport →
knownFor	invention of the hovercraft →
languageSpoken	English →
militaryService	Royal Air Force →
notableIdea	use of peripheral jets to contain an air cushion →
notableWork	hovercraft →
occupation	engineer → inventor →
placeOfBirth	Cambridge → Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED → England →
placeOfDeath	England → Hampshire → Hythe →
positionHeld	Fellow of the Royal Society →
residence	Norfolk → Somerset →
servedIn	Second World War →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Margaret Elinor Belsham →
workLocation	East Anglia → Isle of Wight →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Peterhouse, Cambridge →	hasNotableAlumnus