Nevil Shute

Born January 17, 1899· Ealing, Middlesex, England

† Died January 12, 1960

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Emerging from a background in engineering and military training, Nevil Shute Norway combined studies at the Dragon School, Shrewsbury and Balliol College, Oxford with service as a gunner and stretcher-bearer during World War I, later joining the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He began his aeronautical career at de Havilland before moving to Vickers in 1924, where he rose to chief engineer on th… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources