James Smith McDonnell
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James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James S. McDonnell | 2 |
| James Smith McDonnell canonical | 2 |
| James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1815377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: James Smith McDonnell Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas, foundedBy, James Smith McDonnell]
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William E. Boeing
William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
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Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Elrey Borge Jeppesen was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known for creating the first standardized aeronautical navigation charts and founding the company that became a global leader in flight information services.
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C.
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
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Charles Hercules Rutan
Charles Hercules Rutan was an American architect best known as a partner in the influential late-19th- and early-20th-century firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, successors to H. H. Richardson.
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C. R. Smith
C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: James Smith McDonnell Target entity description: James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
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A.
William E. Boeing
William E. Boeing was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Boeing Company, which became one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers.
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B.
Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Elrey Borge Jeppesen was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known for creating the first standardized aeronautical navigation charts and founding the company that became a global leader in flight information services.
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C.
Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
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D.
Charles Hercules Rutan
Charles Hercules Rutan was an American architect best known as a partner in the influential late-19th- and early-20th-century firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, successors to H. H. Richardson.
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E.
C. R. Smith
C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace engineer
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businessperson ⓘ company founder ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
bachelor's degree in physics
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master's degree in aeronautical engineering ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Collier Trophy
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Daniel Guggenheim Medal ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-04-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-08-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer |
McDonnell Douglas
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surface form:
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
McDonnell Douglas ⓘ |
| familyName | McDonnell ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
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aerospace engineering ⓘ aviation ⓘ |
| founded |
McDonnell Douglas
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surface form:
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
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| fullName | James Smith McDonnell self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasPart |
James Smith McDonnell
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
James S. McDonnell Foundation (as his philanthropic legacy)
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| industry |
aerospace industry
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defense industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
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leadership in the American aerospace industry ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James S. McDonnell Planetarium ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | philanthropy in science and education ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of military jet aircraft for the U.S. armed forces
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support of U.S. space program through McDonnell-built spacecraft ⓘ |
| occupation |
aerospace engineer
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business executive ⓘ industrialist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
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chairman of McDonnell Douglas ⓘ founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Elizabeth Finney ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Long Island, New York, United States
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: James Smith McDonnell Description of subject: James Smith McDonnell was an American aerospace engineer and businessman who founded the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, which later became part of the major aerospace and defense company McDonnell Douglas.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.