Career
He was educated at Salvatorian College in Wealdstone and then apprenticed at De Havilland. In 1953 he started at Lotus, initially helping out on a part time basis. Keith Duckworth joined Lotus in 1957 and they founded Cosworth Engineering in 1958.
He later described himself as having "studied for 40 years at the University of Duckworth".
In recent years he has been a consultant to the revived Triumph motorbike company.