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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → engineer → human → inventor → philanthropist →
awardReceived	Franklin Medal → Hoover Medal → 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	The Ohio State University →
employer	Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company → General Motors → 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, Michigan, United States →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kettering University → Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center →	namedAfter