Mervyn O'Gorman
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Mervyn_O'Gorman an entity of type: Thing
Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman CB (19 December 1871 – 16 March 1958) was a British electrical and aircraft engineer. After working as an electrical engineer, he was appointed Superintendent of what became the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough in Hampshire in 1909. In 1916, following a scandal over the quality of the aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps, he was removed from this post but continued to act in an advisory capacity. After the war he concentrated his energies on motoring issues, particularly road safety and traffic management, and played an important part in the publication of the Highway Code. He died in 1958 in Chelsea, London.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Mervyn O'Gorman
rdf:langString
Mervyn O'Gorman
rdf:langString
Mervyn O'Gorman
rdf:langString
London
xsd:date
1958-03-16
rdf:langString
Brighton, England
xsd:date
1871-12-19
xsd:integer
40854076
xsd:integer
1121905569
xsd:date
1871-12-19
rdf:langString
Mervyn Joseph Pius Gorman
rdf:langString
O'Gorman in 1912
xsd:date
1958-03-16
rdf:langString
Director of Royal Aircraft Factory
rdf:langString
Electrical and aeronautical engineer
rdf:langString
Superintendent of the Royal Aircraft Factory
rdf:langString
Superintendent of the Balloon Factory
xsd:integer
1909
1912
rdf:langString
Mervyn Joseph Pius O'Gorman CB (19 December 1871 – 16 March 1958) was a British electrical and aircraft engineer. After working as an electrical engineer, he was appointed Superintendent of what became the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough in Hampshire in 1909. In 1916, following a scandal over the quality of the aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps, he was removed from this post but continued to act in an advisory capacity. After the war he concentrated his energies on motoring issues, particularly road safety and traffic management, and played an important part in the publication of the Highway Code. He died in 1958 in Chelsea, London.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
20004
rdf:langString
Mervyn Joseph Pius Gorman
xsd:gYear
1871
xsd:gYear
1958
