William S. Harley

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American businessperson entrepreneur human mechanical engineer

William S. Harley was an American mechanical engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and chief engineer of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
William S. Harley canonical 2
William Sylvester Harley 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
mechanical engineer ⓘ
associatedWith Harley-Davidson ⓘ
surface form: Harley-Davidson brand
birthDate 1880-12-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
businessPartner Arthur Davidson ⓘ
Walter Davidson ⓘ
William A. Davidson ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
coFounderOf Harley-Davidson ⓘ
surface form: Harley-Davidson Motor Company
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1943-09-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
degree mechanical engineering ⓘ
designed Milwaukee-Eight engine ⓘ
surface form: Harley-Davidson V-twin engines

early Harley-Davidson single-cylinder engines ⓘ
educatedAt University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer Harley-Davidson ⓘ
surface form: Harley-Davidson Motor Company
era early 20th century ⓘ
familyName Harley ⓘ
fieldOfWork mechanical engineering ⓘ
motorcycle engineering ⓘ
fullName William S. Harley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Sylvester Harley
givenName William ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
industry motorcycle industry ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
middleName Sylvester ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor co-founding Harley-Davidson Motor Company ⓘ
designing early Harley-Davidson motorcycles ⓘ
notableWork development of Harley-Davidson motorcycle designs ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
mechanical engineer ⓘ
positionHeld chief engineer of Harley-Davidson Motor Company ⓘ
residence Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
spouse Anna Jachthuber ⓘ

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Harley-Davidson → foundedBy → William S. Harley ⓘ
William S. Harley → fullName → William S. Harley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Sylvester Harley
Arthur Davidson → businessPartner → William S. Harley ⓘ