Pyotr Shilovsky

Pyotr Shilovsky
Пётр Петрович Шиловский
Born
Pyotr Petrovich Schilovsky

(1872-09-22)September 22, 1872
DiedJune 30, 1955(1955-06-30) (aged 82)
Herefordshire
OccupationsInventor
politician
Known forInventing the gyrocar

Pyotr Petrovich Schilovsky (Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Ши́ловский) (September 22, 1872 – June 30, 1955 in Herefordshire) was a Russian count, jurist, statesman, and governor of Kostroma from 1910 to 1912 and of Olonets Governorate from 1912 to 1913. He is best known as the inventor of the gyrocar, which was built under his direction by the Wolseley Tool and Motorcar Company beginning in 1912, and was demonstrated for the first time in London in April 1914. In 1922, Schilovsky emigrated to the United Kingdom.

  • P. P. Shilovsky in 1913
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