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Gordon Bashford

Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (died 1991)

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Born
August 27, 1916
Died
September 21, 1991
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1916

About Gordon Bashford

Gordon Dennis Bashford was a British car design engineer. Bashford played a significant part in the design of most post-war Rover cars, including the Land Rover. Gordon Dennis Bashford (27 August 1916 – 21 September 1991) was a British car design engineer. After the Land Rover, Bashford was involved in the development of a series of David Bache styled Rover cars, including the P4, as chief designer of chassis and body for the P6 and as designer of the SD1 which won European Car of the Year in 1977.

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Gordon Bashford timeline

  1. Gordon Dennis Bashford (27 August 1916 – 21 September 1991) was a British car design engineer.
  2. After the Land Rover, Bashford was involved in the development of a series of David Bache styled Rover cars, including the P4, as chief designer of chassis and body for the P6 and as designer of the SD1 which won European Car of the Year in 1977.

The world when Gordon Bashford was born

Gordon Bashford was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gordon Bashford's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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