death_date death_place birth_place significant_advance nationality article_title birth_date image significant_awards name
08 march 1946 birmingham lewisham , london automotive engineering aerodynamics english frederick w. lanchester
 23 october 1868 thinktank jpg birmingham - lanchester f -lrb- 1 -rrb- . guggenheim society medal -lrb- 1931 -rrb- fellow of the royal frederick w. lanchester
frederick w. lanchester

frederick william lanchester , hon fraes frs -lrb- 23 october 1868 -- 8 march 1946 -rrb- was an english polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering , aerodynamics and co-invented the topic of operations research .
he was also a pioneer british motor car builder , a hobby which resulted in his developing a successful car company , and is considered one of the `` big three '' english car engineers , the others being harry ricardo and henry royce .
