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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_CobhamAlan Cobham - Wikipedia

    Sir Alan John Cobham, KBE, AFC (6 May 1894 [1] – 21 October 1973) was an English aviation pioneer. Early life. As a child he attended Wilson's School, [2] [page needed] which was then in Camberwell, London. The school was relocated to the former site of Croydon Airport in 1975.

  2. Alan Belmont Cobham (4 November 1927 – 28 June 2011) was an American mathematician and computer scientist known for (with Jack Edmonds) inventing the notion of polynomial time and the complexity class P, for Cobham's thesis stating that the problems that have practically usable computer solutions are characterized by having polynomial time ...

  3. Mar 26, 2019 · Who Was Sir Alan Cobham? The Man Who Brought Aviation To The Masses. Colin Cruddas. 26 Mar 2019. Alan John Cobham was born on the 6 May 1894 in Camberwell. He subsequently attended Wilson’s Grammar School but failed to achieve distinction in any subjects except geography.

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  4. Nov 19, 2022 · The Life & Times Of British Aviation Pioneer Alan Cobham. By Mark Finlay. Published Nov 19, 2022. Link copied to clipboard. Born on May 6, 1894, in Camberwell South London in the Borough of Southwark, Alan John Cobham went on to Wilson's Grammar School.

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  5. Sep 14, 2014 · Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Alan Cobham, a pioneering aviator and innovator who made aviation popular in the interwar years. See his Union Flag flown on his Cape Town flight and other treasures from the collection at Imperial War Museum.

  6. Sir Alan J. Cobham (born May 6, 1894, London, Eng.—died Oct. 21, 1973, Bournemouth, Dorset) was a British aviator and pioneer of long-distance flight who promoted “air-mindedness” in the British public.

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  8. A Passage to India - Sir Alan Cobham. Jo Woolf. Written by Jo Woolf – RSGS Writer in Residence. ‘Sir Alan Cobham and Sir Sefton Brancker with the de Havilland DH-50’. – RSGS archives. Over the Black Forest, a small biplane was struggling to maintain altitude in a snowstorm.