Robert Esnault-Pelterie
1881
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1957
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Science Faculty of Paris
occupation: aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer
award received: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix Jules Janssen, Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès, International Space Hall of Fame
position held: president
Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie (8 November 1881 – 6 December 1957) was a French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Germans Hermann Oberth, Wernher Von Braun and the American Robert H. Goddard. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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