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Early life. Latham was born in Paris into a wealthy Protestant family. His French mother's family were the bankers, Mallet Frères et Cie, and his father, Lionel Latham, was the son of Charles Latham, an English merchant adventurer and trader of indigo and other commodities, who had settled in Le Havre in 1829. [2]
- Buffalo attack (officially) or murder (alleged by at least one publication)
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Aug 14, 2019 · Latham was born in Paris in Jan 1883. His family were wealthy bankers and shipping merchants and he quickly developed a taste for adventure. He first drew the attention of the public aged 22, when he joined his cousin, the balloonist Jacques Faure, on a night crossing of the English Channel from London to Paris in a gas balloon in February 1905.
Hubert Latham taking off from the Halethorpe air show in his Antoinette monoplane. Halethorpe Aviation Meet, 1910, BCLM, MdHS, MC1985-2 So at 12:16:45 pm on November 7, 1910, Latham and his fifty-horsepower Antoinette took off from Halethorpe and began his plotted path over the city.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Arthur Charles Hubert Latham (10 January 1883 – 25 June 1912) was a French aviation pioneer. He was the first person to attempt to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane. Due to engine failure during his first of two attempts to cross the Channel, he became the first person to land an aeroplane on a body of water.
Hubert Latham was a French aviation pioneer. Hubert Latham was born on January 10, 1883 in Paris, France into a wealthy and well-connected family. In 1903, he attended attended Balliol College at the University of Oxford for a year, then completed his French military service training.
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Born in Paris, Hubert was raised within the small but elite circle of Protestant high society; he spoke perfect English and German and attended Balliol College, Oxford prior to his coming of age. In 1905, he made his first newsworthy mark in aviation with a record-breaking balloon-trip across the Channel with his cousin Jacques Faure.
Hubert Latham was born in Paris on January 10, 1883, the son of wealthy parents. He grew up as something of a playboy. In 1905, he made a record-breaking balloon flight across the English Channel with his cousin Jacques Faure.
