W. O. Bentley

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automotive engineer company founder entrepreneur human

W. O. Bentley was a British engineer and entrepreneur best known for founding the luxury automobile manufacturer Bentley Motors and for his influential work in early high-performance car and aircraft engine design.

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Label Occurrences
Walter Owen Bentley 4
W. O. Bentley canonical 2
Bentley (designer W. O. Bentley) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf automotive engineer ⓘ
company founder ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Institution of Mechanical Engineers ⓘ
surface form: M.I.Mech.E. (Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers)

Member of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
designed Bentley 4½ Litre car engine ⓘ
Bentley BR1 aircraft engine (rotary engine based on Clerget design) ⓘ
Bentley BR2 aircraft engine ⓘ
Bentley 4½ Litre car engine ⓘ
surface form: Bentley Speed Six engine

early Bentley 3 Litre car engine ⓘ
educatedAt Clifton College ⓘ
Doncaster College ⓘ
surface form: Doncaster Technical College
employer Bentley ⓘ
surface form: Bentley Motors Limited

D. Napier & Son ⓘ
surface form: D. Napier & Son Limited

Humber Limited ⓘ
Lagonda ⓘ
National Motor Cab Company ⓘ
familyName Bentley ⓘ
fieldOfWork aircraft engines ⓘ
automotive engineering ⓘ
internal combustion engines ⓘ
founded Bentley ⓘ
surface form: Bentley Motors Limited
fullName W. O. Bentley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Walter Owen Bentley
givenName Owen ⓘ
Walter ⓘ
influenced British motorsport engineering ⓘ
development of luxury high-performance automobiles ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryConflict World War I ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor design of aircraft engines during World War I ⓘ
design of high-performance car engines ⓘ
founding Bentley Motors Limited ⓘ
notableWork Bentley 3 Litre ⓘ
Bentley 4½ Litre car engine ⓘ
surface form: Bentley 4½ Litre

Bentley Speed Six ⓘ
occupation automotive engineer ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
mechanical engineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cricklewood ⓘ
surface form: Cricklewood, London

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Woking ⓘ
surface form: Woking, Surrey
positionHeld founder of Bentley Motors Limited ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn development of rotary aircraft engines for the Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ

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

Bentley → foundedBy → W. O. Bentley ⓘ
Bentley BR1 → designer → W. O. Bentley ⓘ
Bentley BR1 → namedAfter → W. O. Bentley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bentley (designer W. O. Bentley)
W. O. Bentley → fullName → W. O. Bentley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walter Owen Bentley
Bentley Blower → designer → W. O. Bentley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walter Owen Bentley
Bentley Speed Six → designer → W. O. Bentley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walter Owen Bentley
Bentley 3 Litre → designer → W. O. Bentley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walter Owen Bentley