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Georges Jean Marie Darrieus
The basics
Quick Facts
| Intro | French aerospace engineer |
| Was | Engineer Aerospace engineer |
| From | France |
| Field | Engineering Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 24 September 1888, Toulon, arrondissement of Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Death | 15 July 1979 (aged 90 years) |
| Star sign | Libra |
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Biography
Georges Jean Marie Darrieus (24 September 1888 – 15 July 1979) was a French aeronautical engineer in the 20th century. He is perhaps most famous for his invention of the Darrieus rotor, a wind turbine capable of operating from any direction and under adverse weather conditions, and the vertical-axis giromill.
The invention is described in the 1931 US patent 1,835,018
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