Augustus Moore Herring

1867–1926 (age 59)

Aviation Pioneer

Biography

Augustus Moore Herring, born in 1867, pursued the dream of flight from the earliest days of heavier-than-air experimentation, developing gliders and engines with dogged determination.

His pioneering work helped lay the groundwork for the aviation age, and he is remembered at Woodlawn Cemetery as a restless innovator who never ceased to imagine the skies.