Leslie R. Groves Jr.

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United States Army officer human lieutenant general military engineer person involved in the Manhattan Project

Leslie R. Groves Jr. was a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lieutenant general who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the World War II effort to develop the first atomic bombs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Leslie R. Groves Jr. canonical 11
Leslie R. Groves 4
Leslie Groves 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
lieutenant general ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
person involved in the Manhattan Project ⓘ
awardReceived Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Service Medal (United States)

Legion of Merit ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1896-08-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-07-13 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
employer United States Army ⓘ
familyName Groves ⓘ
fieldOfWork military engineering ⓘ
nuclear weapons development ⓘ
fullName Leslie R. Groves Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
genre military history ⓘ
givenName Leslie ⓘ
honorificSuffix Jr. ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers
militaryRank lieutenant general ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableEvent oversaw selection of Los Alamos site ⓘ
supervised construction of Hanford Engineer Works ⓘ
supervised construction of Oak Ridge facilities ⓘ
notableProject Manhattan Project ⓘ
Pentagon construction project ⓘ
notableWork direction of the World War II U.S. atomic bomb development program ⓘ
leadership of the Manhattan Engineer District ⓘ
oversight of the construction of the Pentagon ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
parent Leslie Richard Groves Sr. ⓘ
placeOfBirth Albany ⓘ
surface form: Albany, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld deputy chief of construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
director of the Manhattan Project ⓘ
officer in charge of Pentagon construction ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Grace Hulbert Wilson ⓘ
wrote Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manhattan Project → director → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → director → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → commander → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → chiefEngineer → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
Trinity test site, New Mexico → associatedWith → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Leslie Groves
MED → director → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
Project Y → militaryDirector → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
Leslie R. Groves Jr. → fullName → Leslie R. Groves Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
Trinity → militaryCommander → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie Groves
The Gadget → militaryDirector → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
Site X → associatedWith → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Leslie R. Groves
Secret City → associatedWith → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Leslie R. Groves
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → author → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie R. Groves
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → author → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie Richard Groves
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project → mainProtagonist → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie R. Groves
Leslie Richard Groves Sr. → child → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
Groves → hasNotableBearer → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
Manhattan District → commandedBy → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
Leslie → birthName → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Leslie R. Groves Jr.
this entity surface form: Leslie Richard Groves Jr.
Szilard petition → handledBy → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Leslie Groves
Presidential Medal of Merit → hasRecipient → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie R. Groves
The Making of the Atomic Bomb → notableFigureCovered → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie Groves
Grace Hulbert Wilson → spouse → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
Leslie → hasNotableBearer → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie Groves
Combined Development Trust → keyPerson → Leslie R. Groves Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leslie R. Groves