Kimber, Cecil (1888 - 1945)

Designer, founder

Cecil Kimber was an automobile engineer, most famous for his role in being the driving force behind the MG car company. The MG Car Company Limited was a former British sports car manufacturer founded in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber.Best known for its two-seat opens ports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés.Kimber was an employee of William Morris; MG is from Morris Garages. The MG business was Morris's personal property until 1935 when he sold MG into his holding company, Morris Motors Limited, restructuring his holdings before issuing (preference) shares in Morris Motors to the public in 1936. On 22July 2005, the Nanjing Automobile Group purchased the rights to the MG brand and the assets of the MGRover Group for £53 million creating a new company MG Motor.
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Curriculum vitae

* 12.04.1888	London	born
1922		founds MG with Wlliam Morris
1924		production of first car
1945		He was elected as President of the Automobile Division of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
† 04.02.1945	London	He was killed in the King's Cross railway accident on Sunday 4 February 1945

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Kimber, Cecil (1888 - 1945)