Alberto Santos-Dumont

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Alberto Santos-Dumont was a pioneering Brazilian aviation inventor and aeronautical engineer, celebrated for his early dirigible flights and contributions to the development of heavier-than-air aircraft in the early 20th century.

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Alberto Santos-Dumont canonical 4
Santos-Dumont 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian person
aeronautical engineer
aviation pioneer
human
inventor
achievement first successful flight around the Eiffel Tower in a dirigible
won the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize in 1901
burialPlace São João Batista Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro
causeOfDeath suicide
commemoratedBy Santos Dumont Airport
surface form: Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro

Santos-Dumont Medal of Merit
Santos-Dumont municipality in Minas Gerais
countryOfCitizenship Brazil
dateOfBirth 1873-07-20
dateOfDeath 1932-07-23
designed Demoiselle monoplane
Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft
Santos-Dumont No. 6 dirigible
era early 20th-century aviation
familyName Alberto Santos-Dumont self-linksurface differs
surface form: Santos-Dumont
fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering
aerostatics
airship design
aviation
fullName Alberto Santos-Dumont self-link
givenName Alberto
hasWork Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft
surface form: Santos-Dumont 14-bis

Demoiselle monoplane
surface form: Santos-Dumont Demoiselle

Santos-Dumont No. 1 airship
Santos-Dumont No. 1 airship
surface form: Santos-Dumont No. 2 airship

Santos-Dumont No. 3 airship
Santos-Dumont No. 4 airship
Santos-Dumont No. 5 airship
Santos-Dumont No. 6 dirigible
surface form: Santos-Dumont No. 6 airship
honouredBy Brazilian Air Force
influenced Brazilian aviation culture
early European aviation development
knownAs Father of Aviation in Brazil
languageSpoken French
Portuguese
nationality Brazilian
notableFor contributions to fixed-wing aviation
early development of heavier-than-air aircraft
pioneering dirigible flights in Paris
public demonstration flights in Europe
occupation aeronautical engineer
airship designer
aviator
inventor
parentalBackground son of a wealthy coffee plantation owner
performed public powered flight with 14-bis in 1906
placeOfBirth Palmira, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil
placeOfDeath Guarujá
surface form: Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Paris
surface form: Paris, France

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Santos Dumont Airport namedAfter Alberto Santos-Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont fullName Alberto Santos-Dumont self-link
Alberto Santos-Dumont familyName Alberto Santos-Dumont self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Santos-Dumont
SDU namedAfter Alberto Santos-Dumont
subject surface form: Santos Dumont Airport
SBRJ namedAfter Alberto Santos-Dumont
subject surface form: Santos Dumont Airport