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	Sir Alec Issigonis \| Ingenieure \| Echolog
		Nach einer Kindheit in der Türkei besuchte er das Battersea Polytechnikum in London, allerdings ohne den Abschluss zu schaffen.
		Nach autodidaktischen Studien in Europa tat er sich in London mit dem Konstrukteur Edward Gillet zusammen, um ein Automatikgetriebe zu entwickeln - gleichzeitig arbeitete er zusammen mit seinem Freund George Dowson an einem leichtgewichtigem Sportwagen, der 1938 vorgestellt wurde.
		Ersten Ruhm erntete Issigonis, unterdessen ins Ingenieurbüro von Morris gewechselt, mit dem Morris Minor, einem zeitgemäßen, wirtschaftlichen Kleinwagen, der von 1948 bis 1971 über 1,6 Millionen Mal gebaut und vielfach lizenziert wurde.
	www.echolog.de /ingenieure/sir_alec_issigonis.shtml (400 words)

	Alec Issigonis - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Alec Issigonis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Overseeing the separate approaches of styling, interior packaging, body engineering, and chassis layout, Issigonis conceived the overall vehicle; specialists in his team then designed and engineered the subsystems of the car.
		Issigonis was born in Smyrna (now Izmir), and studied engineering at Battersea Polytechnic.
		In the wake of the Suez Crisis 1956, which threatened oil supplies, he was asked to design and produce a small and economical car, and the result was the Mini.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Alec+Issigonis (262 words)

	Alec Issigonis / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum Exhibition : Automotive Designer (1906-1988) - ...
		Issigonis’ grandfather and father were both engineers, but as his father died when Alec was a teenager his mother, Hulda, the daughter of a Bavarian brewer became the pivotal figure in his life.
		The mission given to Issigonis and his team at BMC was to combat the increasing imports of inexpensive bubble cars from Germany and Italy.
		Issigonis may not have invented the formula of the mini-car, but he became the creator of by far the most famous example of the type.
	www.designmuseum.org /design/alec-issigonis (1998 words)

	Alec Issigonis
		Alec Issigonis (as he was more commonly known) was one of the most colourful car designers of modern times.
		Alec's father died en route in Malta, and the family arrived in England almost penniless in 1922.
		In the early 1940s, Issigonis began to work on the design of the car, which was to become the Morris Minor.
	www.birmingham.gov.uk /GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=647&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=15 (379 words)

	Alec Issigonis - FamousWhy
		Alec Issigonis' father, Constantine Issigonis, was a Greek born British subject and his mother, Hulda Prokopp, Bavarian.
		In 1936 Alec Issigonis moved to the Morris company working on an independent front suspension system for the Morris 10 but the war prevented this from going into production but it was later used on the MG Y Type.
		Alec Issigonis was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1967 and retired from the motor industry in 1971.
	people.famouswhy.com /alec_issigonis (518 words)

	British Mini Club - The Origins of the Classic Mini
		Built as direct competition to the bubble cars that were becoming increasingly popular due to the wake of the Suez crisis of 1956, which had caused petrol rationing throughout Britain.
		Alec Issigonis works on derivatives of experimental vehicles, in 1956 Alec works on the XC9000 a rear wheel drive car with hydrolastic suspension and powered by a 1.5 litre over head cam all aluminium engine.
		Alec had to squeeze four passengers, luggage and an engine into less than 10 foot was realised and then solve in true Issigonis style with the 1957 solution of mounting transversely...and putting the gear shafts beneath the crankshaft.
	www.britishminiclub.co.uk /mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=97 (765 words)

	Alec Issigonis
		His grandfather Demosthenis Issigonis migrated to Smyrna from Paros in the 1830s and through the work he did for the British-built Smyrna-Aydin Railway, in the engineering works that he had established, had managed to acquire British nationality.
		Because Alec and his parents were British subjects, they were evacuated to Malta by British Royal Marines in September, 1922, ahead of the Turkish re-possession of Smyrna at the end of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
		Issigonis (nicknamed "The Greek god" by his contemporaries) was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1967 and was awarded a knighthood in 1969.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/new/SirAlecIssigonis.html (938 words)

	Charles Ware's Morris Minor Centre - A History of the Morris Minor
		That both were designed by the same man is no coincidence, and indeed Sir Alec Issigonis is one of the very few car designers whose name is recognised by the man or woman in the street and not just by enthusiasts or fellow engineers.
		The products of Sir Alec's genius have had a profound and highly beneficial influence on the British motor industry, so it is hardly surprising that it is his first car, the Morris Minor of 1948, which has become the subject of this proposal for a long-life car.
		Additionally, Issigonis had specified uniquely small wheels for the new car, two or even three inches less in diameter than the average, giving it more of a 'big-car' look and doing much to enhance its proportions generally.
	www.morrisminor.org.uk /minor_his.htm (1290 words)

	European Automotive Hall of Fame
		Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis was not influenced by cars in his infancy.
		Issigonis, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his success, was arrogant and highly opinionated.
		Issigonis was offended: "I am an engineer," he said.
	www.autonews.com /files/euroauto/inductees/issigonis.htm (480 words)

	Alec Issigonis : The Man Who Made the Mini
		Description: Alec Issigonis became famous world-wide because he designed the Mini.
		By the mid-1960s, the Issigonis designed Mini and 1100 models from BMC were dominating the British market and making friends in many other countries.
		Here is the story of the remarkable man who had such an effect on the world`s motor industry.
	www.pitstop.net.au /view/biographies-motoring/page/query/plu/16117 (145 words)

	Sir Alec Issigonis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Alec Issigonis was born in Smyrne, Turkey, in the year 1906.
		Issigonis worked as the engineer director at Austin Rover until 1971 when he retired.
		Sir Issacc Issigonis passed away on October the second, 1988.
	www.mini-maniac.com /Alex.html (148 words)

	Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988), Engineer
		Issigonis designed the most enduring small cars of the twentieth century, the Morris Minor (1948) and the Mini (1959)- a testament to his insistence that 'styled' cars dated quickly.
		Born in Turkey, Issigonis come to England as a teenager.
		He became the engineering director of the British Motor Corporation in 1964, and was knighted for services to automotive engineering.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp05435 (110 words)

	Minor Mania
		Alec Issigonis - Designer, Engineer, Visionary and Father of the Minor
		He completed a three year course at Battersea Polytechnic and by 1928 was working as a draughtsman/salesman in London with an engineering consultant, who was developing a type of semiautomatic transmission.
		He went on to design the world famous, Birmingham- made 'Mini', which is still in production today, after more than 30 years.
	www.minormania.com /feature.php?id=1999&catid=-1 (419 words)

	Morris Mini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		De originele Mini (1959-2000) was een revolutionaire en karaktervolle kleine auto die was ontworpen voor de British Motor Corporation (BMC) door Alec Issigonis (1906-1988) en gemaakt in Birmingham.
		In 1957 werd Alec Issigonis, die eerder faam vergaarde met de Morris Minor, aangesteld om een prototype te ontwikkelen van een auto voor vier, met een motor van BMC, die kleiner was dan de huidige auto’s uit de BMC bedrijven.
		In juli 1958 nodigde Alec Issigonis zijn opdrachtgever uit om een proefrit te maken in een van de twee prototypes.
	www.veilings-pagina.nl (403 words)

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