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          Christopher Cockerell

          English engineer, inventor of the Hovercraft

          Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell (4 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.

          Early life and education

          Cockerell was born in Cambridge, where his father, Sir Sydney Cockerell, was curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, having previously been the secretary of William Morris.

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          6. His mother was the illustrator and designer Florence Kingsford Cockerell. Christopher attended the preparatory school of St Faith's.[1] Christopher was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk.[2] He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge to read mechanical engineering.

          He later returned to Cambridge to study radio and electronics.

          Early career

          He began his career as a post graduate pupil working for W. H. Allen, Sons & Co. of Bedford from 1931 to 1933.[3] After returning to the University of Cambridge in 1934 to study radio and electronics, he