Where was Sir Harry Ricardo born?
Harry Ricardo
In 1974, at the age of 89, Ricardo suffered a pelvic injury in a fall. He died six weeks later, on 18 May.
On 16 June 2005 a blue plaque was placed outside the house where Ricardo was born in Bedford Square, London. On 1 July 2010, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers bestowed an Engineering Heritage Award on Sir Harry Ricardo in recognition of his life and work as one of the foremost engineers of the twentieth century. The first internal combustion engine which Harry Ricardo designed and built as a schoolboy currently displays this Engineering Heritage plaque in the Ricardo plc company exhibition area.
Harry Ridley
Harry Ridley was born in Sunderland, County Durham, on 25 November 1904. He resided in the area for most of his life and died in Fulwell, a suburb of Sunderland, on 16 March 1989 at the age of 84.