DRAPER, CHARLES STARK


Meaning of DRAPER, CHARLES STARK in English

born Oct. 2, 1901, Windsor, Mo., U.S.

died July 25, 1987, Cambridge, Mass.

U.S. aeronautical engineer.

He taught at MIT from 1935, where he developed a gunsight for naval Apollo program. He is memorialized in the annual Charles Stark Draper Prize for achievement in engineering.

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