Esnault-Pelterie, Robert, 1881-1957
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- Vetrov, G. S. Rober Ėsno-Pelʹtri, 1881-1957, 1982:t.p. (Rober Ėsno-Pelʹtri) p. 9 (b. 11/8/1881) p. 185 (d. 12/7/57)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Esnault-Pelterie, Robert, 1881- ; usage: R. Esnault-Pelterie; Robert Esnault-Pelterie)
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Wikipedia description:
Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie (8 November 1881 – 6 December 1957) was a French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Germans Hermann Oberth, Wernher von Braun and the American Robert H. Goddard.
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