Title
Copy of The Aeroplane 5 August 1949.
Reference
YA2010.85/6/1
Production date
05-08-1949 - 05-08-1949
Creator
Scope and Content
Contains an obituary for Humphrey Verdon Roe by Charles G. Grey. Inserted in the magazine, a clipping of a Humphrey Verdon Roe obituary from the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 12 August 1949.
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- Roe, Humphrey VerdonBiographyBiography
Humphrey Verdon-Roe was an English businessman and philanthropist who served as a lieutenant during both world wars. He was born in 1878 in Manchester. Along with his brother, Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, he founded the A. V. Roe & Co Ltd company in 1910 (also known as Avro), which capitalised on A.V. Roe’s aeronautical inventions and experiments and went on to be of paramount importance to the training of air force officers. In 1918, Humphrey Verdon-Roe married Dr. Marie C. Stopes and together, they opened the first birth control clinic in Britain in London in 1921, the Mothers’ Clinic. Humphrey Verdon-Roe died in 1949.
- Royal Scottish Society of ArtsBiographyBiography
Established as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland in 1821 by Sir David Brewster. The society was incorporated in 1841 by Royal Charter, and was granted a Coat of Arms in 1978.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the Science and Industry Museum's terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.
