Question: Facts:   - death place: seaview , isle of wight , united kingdom    - residence: england , united kingdom    - alt: a 20s looking to his left wearing a cambridge blazer and portrait tie.a portrait style picture of a man in his 20s style looking to his left wearing a cambridge blazer and tie picture . of a man in his    - known for: the hovercraft , black knight , blue streak    - caption: dr. richard stanton-jones circa 1951    - citizenship: british    - death date: 23 january 1991    - field: engineering      - awards: elmer a. sperry award , 1968    - birth date: 25 september 1926    - name: richard stanton-jones    - image size: 250px    - birth place: bombay , india    - alma mater: kings college , cambridge   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard stanton-jones .
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dr. richard -lrb- dick -rrb- stanton-jones d.sc -lrb- hon -rrb- , feng , m.a. , m.sc. , ceng .-lrb- september 25 , 1926 - january 23 , 1991 -rrb- was an english aeronautical engineer , chief designer saunders-roe , managing director of british hovercraft corp. and vice-chairman of westland helicopters .he is perhaps best known for his contribution , along with sir .christopher cockerell , to the development of the sr.n1 hovercraft manufactured by saunders-roe .