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Jakob Ackeret
Jakob Ackeret (1955)
Born17 March 1898
Zurich, Switzerland
Died27 March 1981 (1981-03-28) (aged 83)
Küsnacht, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
CitizenshipSwiss
Alma materETH Zurich
AwardsTimoshenko Medal (1969)
Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1970)

Jakob Ackeret, FRAeS[1] (17 March 1898 – 27 March 1981) was a Swiss aeronautical engineer. He is widely viewed as one of the foremost aeronautics experts of the 20th century.

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