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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Eli Whitney canonical	21
Eli Whitney Jr.	3
Eli Whitney gun factory	1
Eli Whitney, Jr.	1
Eli Whitney’s cotton gin	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ industrialist ⓘ inventor ⓘ mechanical engineer ⓘ
burialPlace	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: 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 University ⓘ surface form: Yale College
employer	Whitneyville Armory ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ
familyName	Whitney ⓘ
fieldOfWork	industrial technology ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ
founded	Whitneyville Armory ⓘ
fullName	Eli Whitney self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
residence	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantEvent	received patent for the cotton gin in 1794 ⓘ
spouse	Henrietta Edwards ⓘ
workLocation	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Industrial Revolution → hasKeyFigure → Eli Whitney ⓘ

American South (colonial and early national periods) → inventionImpact → Eli Whitney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eli Whitney’s cotton gin

Eli Whitney → fullName → Eli Whitney self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eli Whitney Jr.

Mulberry Grove Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia → associatedWithPerson → Eli Whitney ⓘ

subject surface form: Mulberry Grove Plantation

Catherine Littlefield Greene → relative → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Catherine Littlefield Greene → associatedWith → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut → hasNotableBurial → Eli Whitney ⓘ

subject surface form: Grove Street Cemetery

Whitney → hasNotableBearer → Eli Whitney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eli Whitney Jr.

cotton gin → inventedBy → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Whitneyville Armory → foundedBy → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Whitneyville Armory → founder → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Whitneyville Armory → associatedWithPerson → Eli Whitney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eli Whitney Jr.

Whitneyville Armory → namedAfter → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Eli → hasNotableBearer → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay → hasNotableResident → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay → birthplaceOf → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Grove Street Cemetery → hasBurial → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Henrietta Edwards → spouse → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Mulberry Grove plantation → associatedWithPerson → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Catherine Littlefield → associatedWith → Eli Whitney ⓘ

subject surface form: Catherine Littlefield Greene

Whitney family → hasNotableMember → Eli Whitney ⓘ

contributed to economic divergence between North and South in the United States → inventedBy → Eli Whitney ⓘ

subject surface form: cotton gin

Whitneyville, Connecticut → namedAfter → Eli Whitney ⓘ

Whitneyville, Connecticut → knownFor → Eli Whitney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eli Whitney gun factory

Whitneyville, Connecticut → associatedWith → Eli Whitney ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eli Whitney, Jr.

Whitneyville neighborhood of Hamden → namedAfter → Eli Whitney ⓘ