Alberto Santos-Dumont

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Country

Brazil

Birth - Death

1873 - 1932

Occupation

Inventor

Notable Achievements

Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur

Description

Inventor and airplane designer. Winner of the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize in 1901 for a flight in an air balloon that rounded the Eiffel Tower. Considered to be the builder of the first practical airplane, building both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Member of the International Air & Space Hall of Fame (1967). Died by suicide.

See Also

• LGBTQ Individuals Who Have Received France's Highest Honours

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Santos-Dumont
• http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3597576/He-went-up-tiddly-up-up.html

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