Person

Brennan, Louis (1852 - 1932)

Born
28 January 1852
Castlebar, Ireland
Died
17 January 1932
Montreux, Switzerland
Occupation
Mechanical engineer and Inventor

Summary

Louis Brennan invented a torpedo propelled by counter-rotating screws, a monorail locomotive with gyroscopic stabilisers and a helicopter.

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Chronology

1861
Life event - Arrived in Melbourne, Australia
1874
Career event - Invented the Brennan Torpedo
1880
Life event - Arrived in England
1887
Award - £110,000 from the British War Office for the Brennan Torpedo
1887
Patent - Brennan Torpedo
1887 - 1896
Career position - Superintendent, Government Brennan Torpedo Factory, Gillingham, Kent, England
1896 - 1907
Career position - Consulting Engineer, Government Brennan Torpedo Factory, Gillingham, Kent, England
1906
Award - Honorary Member, Royal Engineers Institute, England
1907
Career event - Invented a monorail locomotive with gyroscopic stabilisers
1914 - 1918
Career position - Ministry of Munitions, England
1919 - 1926
Career position - Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, England
1922
Career position - Foundation Member, National Academy of Ireland

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Edited Books

  • Chrimes, M. M.; Cox, R. C.; Cross-Rudkin, P. S. M.; Elton, J. M. H.; Hurst, B. L.; McWilliam, R. C.; Rennison, R. W.; Sutherland, R. J. M.; Thomas, R. E. ed., Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3: 1890-1920 (London, United Kingdom: Thomas Telford Publishing, 2014), 775 pp. 'Brennan, Louis Philip, CB', p.89. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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