What influential English design engineer designed the Lotus 49?
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Lotus 49 The Lotus 49 was a Formula One racing car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe for the 1967 F1 season. It was designed around the Cosworth DFV engine that would power most of the Formula One grid through the 1970s. It used its drivetrain as a stressed member, being not the first F1 car to do so, but the first to apply the technique so well that all other teams copied it.
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Colin Chapman Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman CBE (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an influential English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of Lotus Cars.
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David Shilling David Shilling (born 27 June 1948) is an English milliner, sculpturer, fashion and interior designer synonymous with designing extravagant hats and clothing displayed on Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot.
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Terry Morgan Sir Terence Keith Morgan CBE FREng FIEE (born 1948) is a British engineer.
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Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, ( ; ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials and public buildings. The architectural historian Gavin Stamp described him as "surely the greatest British architect of the twentieth (or of any other) century".
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Gordon Lewis (engineer) Gordon Manns Lewis CBE FREng (24 June 1924 – 4 October 2010) was a British aeronautical engineer who made significant contributions to the arts and sciences of turbine engine design.
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Harold Berridge Major Harold Berridge CIE OBE (1872 – 17 June 1949) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer.
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Eric Platford Eric Platford (1883 - 20 November 1938) was an English engineer and a Rolls Royce pioneer.
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Phil Irving Philip Edward Irving MBE, C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., M.S.A.E., (1903–1992) was an Australian engineer and author, most famous for the Repco-Brabham Formula One and Vincent motorcycle engines. He also designed Velocette motorcycles and drew the engine of the 1960 EMC 125cc racer.
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Eric Oliver Eric Staines Oliver (13 April 1911 – 1 March 1980) was an English motorcycle racer best remembered as four time FIM Sidecar World Champion, riding a Norton. His passenger in 1949 was Denis Jenkinson. He is also remembered for his innovation, being the first sidecar competitor to use a dustbin fairing, rear suspension and the first to adopt the kneeling riding position.
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Pierre Satre Pierre Satre (4 May 1909 – 12 July 1980) was a French engineer, and the chief designer of the Anglo-French Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde. Concorde was his idea too.
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Alan Bond (engineer) Alan Bond (born 1944) is an English mechanical and aerospace engineer, as well as Managing Director of Reaction Engines Ltd and associated with Project Daedalus, Blue Streak missile, HOTOL, Reaction Engines Skylon and the Reaction Engines A2 hypersonic passenger aircraft.
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John Polwhele Blatchley John Polwhele Blatchley (1 July 1913 – 16 February 2004, aged 90) was a London-born car designer known for his work with J Gurney Nutting and Rolls-Royce Limited.
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R. J. Mitchell Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE, FRAeS, (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was an English aeronautical engineer, who worked for Supermarine Aviation. Between 1920 and 1936 he designed many aircraft. He is best remembered for his racing seaplanes, which culminated in the Supermarine S.6B, and the iconic Second World War fighter, the Supermarine Spitfire.
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David Ogle David Ogle MBE, DSC (1922–1962) was a British industrial and car designer. He founded the design consultancy company Ogle Design in 1954.
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Marc Isambard Brunel Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, FRS FRSE (25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-born engineer who settled in England. He married to Sophia Kingdom in 1799. In 1806 their son Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born. Marc Isambard himself preferred the name Isambard, but is generally known to history as Marc to avoid confusion with his more famous son Isambard Kingdom Brunel. His most famous achievement was the construction of the Thames Tunnel.
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James Lighthill Sir Michael James Lighthill, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (23 January 1924 – 17 July 1998) was a British applied mathematician, known for his pioneering work in the field of aeroacoustics.
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Ernest E. Baguley Ernest E. Baguley (1863–1948) was a British engineer.
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Richard Evans (designer) Richard Evans (born 30 March 1945, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England) studied fashion design at Nottingham School of Art and graphic design at Leicester College of Art. He worked as a graphic designer and illustrator in the 1970s at Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, designers of many classic rock album covers. Evans has produced covers and designs for many artistes including The Doors, Public Image Limited, Pete Townshend, Nik Kershaw, Robert Plant, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Deep Purple, Roger Daltrey, World Party, Bill Wyman, Louis Armstrong and Van Morrison, plus designs for a diverse range of musical genres. He is mostly known for his work for The Who, with whom he has worked since 1976, including the cover for "Endless Wire" (2006), their first studio album in 24 years and the design for The Who's fiftieth anniversary tour logo and album The Who Hits 50! (2015).
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Ray Wheeler Raymond Leslie Wheeler RDI FRAeS FRINA (born 25 October 1927) is a British engineer who was instrumental in Britain's successful development of rocket launchers and hovercraft.
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Harley Earl Harley J. Earl (November 22, 1893 – April 10, 1969) was an American automotive designer and business executive. He was the initial designated head of design at General Motors, later becoming vice president, the first top executive ever appointed in design of a major corporation in American history. He was an industrial designer and a pioneer of modern transportation design. A coachbuilder by trade, Earl pioneered the use of freeform sketching and hand sculpted clay models as automotive design techniques. He subsequently introduced the "concept car" as both a tool for the design process and a clever marketing device.
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Alex Moulton Alexander Eric ("Alex") Moulton CBE, FREng (9 April 1920 – 9 December 2012) was an English engineer and inventor, specialising in suspension design.