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Man in military uniform and glasses uses a slide rule while holding a cigarette, with an open book on the desk before him.

Frank Whittle

Sir Frank Whittle

Sir Frank Whittle inventor of the jet engine lived in Trumpington while a student

Sir Frank Whittle (1907-96), an aeronautical engineer who invented the jet engine, lived at 12 Hauxton Road, Trumpington while a student at Cambridge University in the 1930s.

Building dates

  • Built 1930–1949
Source for this date
  • Built 1930–1949: EPC construction age band: 1930–1949

Projects

  • Trumpington

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