Frederick Rentschler

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aviation engineer business executive human industrialist

Frederick Rentschler was an American aviation engineer and industrialist best known for founding Pratt & Whitney and playing a key role in the development of modern aircraft engines.

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Label	Occurrences
Frederick Rentschler canonical	2
Frederick Brant Rentschler	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aviation engineer ⓘ business executive ⓘ human ⓘ industrialist ⓘ
awardReceived	Collier Trophy ⓘ Daniel Guggenheim Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1887-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1956-04-25 ⓘ
educatedAt	Case School of Applied Science ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ
employer	Pratt & Whitney ⓘ surface form: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company United Aircraft Corporation ⓘ surface form: United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
familyName	Rentschler ⓘ
fieldOfWork	aeronautical engineering ⓘ aircraft engine design ⓘ industrial management ⓘ
founded	Pratt & Whitney ⓘ surface form: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company United Aircraft Corporation ⓘ surface form: United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
fullName	Frederick Rentschler self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Frederick Brant Rentschler
givenName	Frederick ⓘ
hasEmployerHeadquartersLocation	East Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
industry	aerospace industry ⓘ defense industry ⓘ
influenced	development of U.S. military aviation in the interwar period ⓘ
influencedBy	advances in air‑cooled engine technology of the early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor	development of modern air‑cooled radial aircraft engines ⓘ founding Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company ⓘ leadership in the American aviation industry ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableWork	Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine ⓘ surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp engine Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine ⓘ surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet engine
occupation	company founder ⓘ engineer ⓘ industrialist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hamilton, Ohio ⓘ surface form: Hamilton, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld	founder of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company ⓘ president of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company ⓘ president of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation ⓘ
residence	Hartford, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantProject	creation of an integrated aircraft and engine manufacturing group in United Aircraft and Transport Corporation ⓘ introduction of the Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine for U.S. Navy aircraft ⓘ

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

UTX → foundedBy → Frederick Rentschler ⓘ

subject surface form: United Technologies Corporation

Pratt & Whitney → foundedBy → Frederick Rentschler ⓘ

Frederick Rentschler → fullName → Frederick Rentschler self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick Brant Rentschler