Harry Ricardo

British internal combustion engine engineer (1885-1974) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 89

Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo was an English engineer who was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine.

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1974Died18 May 19741953James Watt International MedalAward1949Knight BachelorAward1944Rumford MedalAward1885Born26 January 1885

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