Lewis, Cecil Arthur (1898–1997), airman and radio and television broadcaster
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Television; Radio; Transport Technology and Trades; Transport. 1190 words.
Lewis, Cecil Arthur (1898–1997), airman and radio and television broadcaster, was born on 29 March 1898 at 11 Radnor Place, Birkenhead, Cheshire, the only child of Edward Williams Lewis,...
Schirra, Wally
in American National Biography Online
P ublished online February 2019 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Transport Technology and Trades; Transport; Television. 1217 words.
Schirra, Wally (12 Mar. 1923–3 May 2007), astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and television commentator, was born Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. in Hackensack, New Jersey to army aviator and...