Charles Rolls

Description: (British Motoring and Aviation Pioneer & Co-Founder of 'Rolls-Royce')
British automobile and aviation pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls is remembered for co-founding Rolls-Royce. The Cambridge alumnus was the first pilot to fly across the English Channel and back without a halt. He died in a plane accident at age 32 and was the first British aviator to do so.

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Birthday August 27, 1877 (Virgo)
Born In Berkeley Square, London, England
Died on July 12, 1910
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