Lions, William (1902 - 1982)

Designer, founder

William Lyons, was an English designer and co-founder with William Wamsley of the Swallow Sidecar Company, which later became the Jaguar car company. He retired as managing director near the end of 1967,while remaining on as chairman. He retired completely in 1972
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Lions, William

Lebenslauf

* 09.09.1902	Blackpool	geboren
1906		He studied engineering at Manchester University
1922		He founds with William Wamsley the Swallow Sidecar Company
1927		the company started coach-building motorcars
1935		The first "Jaguar" model
1935		Lyons bought him out and became the sole owner
1935 - 1937		He changed the company name to Jaguar
† 02.02.1982	Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England	gestorben

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Automatisierung ab 1950

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=23998004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/null.html

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