Location
On the side of No 14 Helena Road, Southsea.
Memorial Plaque
Inscription
NEVIL
SHUTE
NORWAY
1899 - 1960
Author, Aircraft
Designer & Founder
of Airspeed Ltd
lived here between
1936-1940
SHUTE
NORWAY
1899 - 1960
Author, Aircraft
Designer & Founder
of Airspeed Ltd
lived here between
1936-1940
Further Information
Nevil Shute Norway was an accomplished storyteller. His best-known work was probably, ON THE BEACH (1957). It was adapted for the screen in 1959 ande became one of the most celebrated anti-Bomb films. It attracted much attention in Moscow because it was the first full-length American feature to have a premiere in the Soviet Union. Shute was a respected aeronautical engineer who brought his knowledge of the technical side of aviation design to his books.
Read more about Nevil Shute (as he was popularly known) at nevilshute.org
