Alliott Verdon Roe belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Alliott Verdon Roe as English aviation pioneer (1877-1958).
Alliott Verdon Roe was born at Manchester in 1877. His recorded nationality is the United Kingdom. He was educated at King's College London.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as military flight engineer, engineer and entrepreneur.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
Recognition followed: Knight Bachelor.
That the work was done from the United Kingdom matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Alliott Verdon Roe died in 1958, aged 81. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Knight Bachelor
- Educated at King's College London
- Worked as military flight engineer, engineer and entrepreneur
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