Eli Whitney

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human industrialist inventor mechanical engineer

Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for creating the cotton gin, a device that revolutionized cotton processing and greatly impacted the Industrial Revolution.

Aliases (2)

Eli Whitney Jr. ×3
Eli Whitney’s cotton gin ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → industrialist → inventor → mechanical engineer →
burialPlace	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut, United States →
causeOfDeath	prostate cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1765-12-08 →
dateOfDeath	1825-01-08 →
dateOfMarriage	1817-01-06 →
educatedAt	Yale College →
employer	Whitneyville Armory →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Whitney →
fieldOfWork	industrial technology → manufacturing → mechanical engineering →
founded	Whitneyville Armory →
fullName	Eli Whitney Jr. →
givenName	Eli →
hasInstrument	cotton gin →
heritage	New England Yankee →
industry	arms industry → textile industry →
influenced	American manufacturing system → mass production techniques → use of interchangeable parts in firearms manufacturing →
influencedBy	Industrial Revolution →
knownFor	development of interchangeable parts manufacturing in the United States → invention of the cotton gin →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableAchievement	contributed to the spread of plantation slavery by making short-staple cotton profitable → helped revolutionize cotton processing in the American South →
notableWork	cotton gin →
occupation	entrepreneur → inventor → manufacturer →
patent	U.S. patent for cotton gin →
placeOfBirth	British America → Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
placeOfDeath	New Haven, Connecticut, United States →
religion	Congregationalism →
residence	New Haven, Connecticut, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
significantEvent	received patent for the cotton gin in 1794 →
spouse	Henrietta Edwards →
workLocation	New Haven, Connecticut, United States →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eli → Whitney → Whitney ("Eli Whitney Jr.") →	hasNotableBearer
Mulberry Grove Plantation → Whitneyville Armory ("Eli Whitney Jr.") →	associatedWithPerson
Catherine Littlefield Greene →	associatedWith
Whitneyville Armory →	foundedBy
Whitneyville Armory →	founder
Eli Whitney ("Eli Whitney Jr.") →	fullName
Industrial Revolution →	hasKeyFigure
Grove Street Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
cotton gin →	inventedBy
American South (colonial and early national periods) ("Eli Whitney’s cotton gin") →	inventionImpact
Whitneyville Armory →	namedAfter
Catherine Littlefield Greene →	relative