About
Engineer and Royal Society Fellow who invented the hovercraft.
Before fame
He worked for TV broadcasting and radio detection companies before World War II.
Trivia
His idea for a hovercraft emerged from looking for ways to reduce the friction of water for boats.
Family life
His father Sydney Cockerell was a British museum curator.
Associated with
He worked for the Marconi company, which was founded by the radio pioneer Gugliemo Marconi.
