Henry Farman Chevalier Légion d'H
The name Henry Farman is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Passy cemetery, Paris, Paris, France.
There are 0 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Henry Farman was buried in 1958. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Henry Farman age is given as 84.
Henry Farman birth is given as 1874.
Henry Farman is listed on the GPR grave numbered 272678.
Henry Farman is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Henry Farman has the record number 584046 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 19 December 2012
There are images available for the monument listing Henry Farman (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Henry Farman record:
Henry Farman and his brothers Maurice and Richard were aviation pionneers; born in Paris to a British journalist and French mother. Henry became a champion cyclist in the 1890s; then competed in motor racing for Renault at the turn of the century. In 1908; he made a string of 'first' flights (1km; 2km; cross-country; and with a passenger). He went into partnership with his brothers as an aircraft manufacturer and built some of the most successful WW1 reconnaissance planes; and later the first long-dsiatnce passenger planes from Paris to Croydon. The company was nationalised in 1937 and became part of Air France. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Farman