Georges Jean Marie Darrieus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges Jean Marie Darrieus

French aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1888

Place of Birth: Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1979

Profession: engineer, aerospace engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Georges Jean Marie Darrieus (24 September 1888 – 15 July 1979) was a French aeronautical engineer in the 20th century.
He is perhaps most famous for his invention of the Darrieus rotor, a wind turbine capable of operating from any direction and under adverse weather conditions, and the vertical-axis giromill. The invention is described in the 1931 US patent 1,835,018