John Philip Holland

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engineer inventor person

John Philip Holland was an Irish engineer and inventor best known for designing the first modern submarines that were adopted by the U.S. Navy and other navies around the world.

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instanceOf engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
person ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1841-02-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1914-08-12 ⓘ
designed first modern submarines adopted by the U.S. Navy ⓘ
submarines for the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
submarines for the Royal Navy ⓘ
educatedAt Christian Brothers ⓘ
surface form: Christian Brothers schools
employer Crescent Shipyard ⓘ
Holland Torpedo Boat Company ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
familyName Holland ⓘ
fieldOfWork naval engineering ⓘ
submarine design ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasNationality Irish ⓘ
hasWorkLocation New Jersey, United States ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York, United States
influenced early 20th-century naval warfare ⓘ
inspiredBy earlier submarine experiments of the 19th century ⓘ
knownFor pioneering modern submarine design ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy considered the father of the modern submarine ⓘ
memberOf Fenian Brotherhood (as submarine designer) ⓘ
middleName Philip ⓘ
movedTo United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
movementDate 1873 ⓘ
name John Philip Holland self-link ⓘ
notableWork Fenian Ram submarine ⓘ
Holland VI submarine ⓘ
USS Holland (SS-1) ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
patentHolderOf submarine design patents ⓘ
placeOfBirth Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn development of electrically propelled submarines ⓘ
development of internal combustion engine–powered submarines ⓘ

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General Dynamics → foundedBy → John Philip Holland ⓘ
John Philip Holland → name → John Philip Holland self-link ⓘ
Electric Boat Company → foundedBy → John Philip Holland ⓘ