Lynn Townsend White Jr. (April 29, 1907 – March 30, 1987) was an American historian. He was a professor of medieval history at Princeton from 1933 to 1937...

Nicolas Witkowski, Du Regard Editions, 2003, ISBN 2-84105-128-5. Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator:...

to the hypothesis suggested by Lynn Townsend White Jr. in his 1962 book, Medieval Technology and Social Change. White believed that the stirrup enabled...

2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, from alvíssmál 7. 1997. 101–104. Lynn Townsend White Jr. (Spring, 1961) "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator:...

or any wheeled cart or box propelled by hand. Scholars such as Lynn Townsend White Jr., Albert Leighton and Andrea Matthies suggest it may have inspired...

French, Dutch and German contributors. According to historian Lynn Townsend White Jr., the Andalusian inventor Abbas Ibn Firnas created "some sort of...

of Ye] safely, but he was later executed.) Zizhi Tongjian 167. Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator:...

Our Ingenuity. Episode 1910. NPR. KUHF-FM Houston. Transcript. Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator:...

Winterbottom, 2 vols., Oxford Medieval Texts (1998–9) White 1961, p. 99 Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century...

attributed to his lacking a tail (as birds use to land). The historian Lynn Townsend White, Jr. concluded that ibn Firnas made the first successful flight in...