Charles F. Kettering

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businessperson engineer human inventor philanthropist

Charles F. Kettering was an influential American inventor and engineer best known for developing the electric self-starter for automobiles and leading research at General Motors.

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Charles F. Kettering canonical 11
Charles Franklin Kettering 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
awardReceived Franklin Medal ⓘ
Hoover Medal ⓘ
Edison Medal ⓘ
surface form: IEEE Edison Medal

John Fritz Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
coFounded Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company ⓘ
Delco ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1876-08-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-11-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Ohio State University ⓘ
surface form: The Ohio State University
employer Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
NCR Corporation ⓘ
surface form: National Cash Register Company
familyName Kettering ⓘ
fieldOfWork automotive engineering ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
industrial research ⓘ
founded Kettering Foundation ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasPatentOn automobile electric starter system ⓘ
engine ignition systems ⓘ
fuel systems for internal combustion engines ⓘ
influenced automotive industry ⓘ
industrial research practices ⓘ
memberOf American Philosophical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
namesake Kettering University ⓘ
Kettering, Ohio ⓘ
notableIdea corporate-sponsored scientific research laboratories ⓘ
notableWork Freon refrigerant development oversight ⓘ
electric self-starter for automobiles ⓘ
lead tetraethyl (tetraethyllead) gasoline additive ⓘ
numberOfPatents more than 180 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Loudonville, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
positionHeld head of research at General Motors ⓘ
vice president of General Motors ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center → namedAfter → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
Kettering University → namedAfter → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
KU → namedAfter → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
subject surface form: Kettering University
Loudonville, Ohio, United States → isBirthplaceOf → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
subject surface form: Loudonville, Ohio
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company → coFounder → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company → foundedBy → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company → employed → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
Kettering Foundation → foundedBy → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
Kettering Foundation → namedAfter → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
Kettering → hasNotableBearer → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
Kettering → hasNotableBearer → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Franklin Kettering
Kettering, Ohio → namedAfter → Charles F. Kettering ⓘ