Benjamin B. Hotchkiss

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engineer firearms designer industrialist person

Benjamin B. Hotchkiss was a 19th-century American-born engineer and industrialist best known for founding a major armaments company in France and developing innovative artillery and machine guns.

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Benjamin B. Hotchkiss canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineer ⓘ
firearms designer ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
person ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1826-10-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1885-02-14 ⓘ
designed quick‑firing naval guns ⓘ
revolving cannon ⓘ
employer Colt's Manufacturing Company ⓘ
surface form: Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company

Hotchkiss et Cie ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Hotchkiss ⓘ
fieldOfWork armaments industry ⓘ
weapons engineering ⓘ
founded Hotchkiss arms factory at Saint-Denis ⓘ
Hotchkiss et Cie ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
movedFrom United States of America ⓘ
movedTo France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
notableFor designing rapid‑fire artillery ⓘ
developing early machine guns ⓘ
supplying armaments to the French military ⓘ
notableWork Hotchkiss machine gun ⓘ
surface form: Hotchkiss 37 mm gun

Hotchkiss guns ⓘ
surface form: Hotchkiss 3‑pounder gun

Hotchkiss guns ⓘ
surface form: Hotchkiss 6‑pounder gun

Hotchkiss machine gun ⓘ
Hotchkiss guns ⓘ
surface form: Hotchkiss mountain gun

Hotchkiss guns ⓘ
surface form: Hotchkiss revolving cannon
occupation arms manufacturer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: American Civil War (as arms supplier)
placeOfActivity Connecticut ⓘ
France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfBirth Watertown, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
residence Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

Saint-Denis ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Denis, France
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Hotchkiss School → namedAfter → Benjamin B. Hotchkiss ⓘ
Hotchkiss guns → namedAfter → Benjamin B. Hotchkiss ⓘ
subject surface form: Hotchkiss gun
Maria Bissell Hotchkiss → spouse → Benjamin B. Hotchkiss ⓘ
Maria Bissell Hotchkiss → notableRelativeByMarriage → Benjamin B. Hotchkiss ⓘ