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Roy Fedden
Born
Alfred Hubert Roy Fedden

(1885-06-06)6 June 1885
Bristol, England
Died21 November 1973(1973-11-21) (aged 88)
Brecknock, Wales
NationalityBritish
EducationClifton College
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
InstitutionsBrazil Straker
Cosmos Engineering
Bristol Aeroplane Company
ProjectsBristol Jupiter
Significant advanceAircraft engines
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire (1920)
Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1938)
Knighted (1942)

Sir Alfred Hubert Roy Fedden MBE, FRAeS (6 June 1885 – 21 November 1973)[1] was an engineer who designed most of Bristol Engine Company's successful piston aircraft engine designs.

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Retrieved: 31 December 2008

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