Patrick Y. Alexander Patron and Pioneer of Aeronautics by Cullingham. Gordon,

Soft cover book with pictorial cover, 292 pages, illustrated with B/W plates and line drawings, 42 chapters, postscript, bibliography, appendix and index.

The life of Patrick Young Alexander 1867 - 1943, pioneer balloonist, meteorologist, and aeronautical engineer, spans a period of unprecedented advancement in the history of flight.

Lamed by an accident at sea, then coming into a handsome inheritance, he involved himself in aeronautical research throughout Europe, America and even in Russia and Japan. 

He enjoyed a unique relationship with the part of the British Army concerned with Aeronautics, and resented them with an observatory that can still be seen at Aldershot.