French naval engineer Léonce Verny
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Léonce Verny was a 19th-century French naval engineer best known for modernizing Japan’s maritime infrastructure and establishing key shipyards such as the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| French naval engineer Léonce Verny canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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civil engineer ⓘ human ⓘ naval engineer ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | French military mission to Japan ⓘ |
| contributedTo | transfer of Western engineering knowledge to Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| designed |
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
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surface form:
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal associated port facilities
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
surface form:
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal dry docks
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
surface form:
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal foundries
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal ⓘ
surface form:
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal workshops
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| educatedAt |
École Polytechnique
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École des Ponts et Chaussées ⓘ École royale du génie de Mézières ⓘ
surface form:
École du Génie Maritime
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| employer |
French Navy
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Meiji oligarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Meiji government of Japan
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Verny ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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maritime infrastructure ⓘ naval engineering ⓘ shipyard construction ⓘ |
| givenName | Léonce ⓘ |
| hasHonor | Verny Park in Yokosuka named after him ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Japanese shipbuilding industry
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industrialization of Meiji-era Japan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
construction of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in Japan
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introduction of Western industrial shipbuilding techniques to Japan ⓘ modernization of Japanese naval facilities ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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some Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Léonce Verny ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrTrainee | early generation of Japanese naval engineers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
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modernization of Japanese maritime infrastructure ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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naval engineer ⓘ |
| participantIn | modernization of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Pont-Saint-Esprit ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pont-Saint-Esprit ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
France
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Japan ⓘ Yokosuka ⓘ |
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