Jan Nagórski
Polish engineer and pioneer of aviation (1888-1976) · Poland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 88
Alfons Jan Nagórski (1888-1976), also known as Ivan Iosifovich Nagursky, was a Polish engineer and pioneer of aviation, the first person to fly an airplane in the Arctic and the first aviator to perform a loop with a flying boat.
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1976Died9 June 19761915Order of Saint Anna, 4th classAwardOrder of St. Vladimir, 4th classAward1914Order of Saint Anna, 3rd classAward1888Born8 February 1888
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Poland
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1976 · aged 88
