Wilbur Wright
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Wilbur Wright was an American aviation pioneer who, with his brother Orville, achieved the first controlled, powered airplane flights and helped usher in the age of modern aviation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilbur Wright canonical | 18 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation pioneer
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businessperson ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Légion d'honneur
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surface form:
Légion d'honneur (France)
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| burialPlace |
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
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surface form:
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio
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| causeOfDeath | typhoid fever ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Wright Company
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Wright Cycle Company ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
USA
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1867-04-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1912-05-30 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Wright ⓘ |
| father | Milton Wright ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautical engineering
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aircraft design ⓘ aviation ⓘ |
| fullName | Wilbur Wright self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilbur ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | Wright Brothers National Memorial ⓘ |
| hasOccupationRole | chief designer of early Wright aircraft ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
National Aviation Hall of Fame
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Hall of Fame for Great Americans ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Hall of Fame for Famous Americans
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| influenced |
development of military aviation
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early 20th-century aeronautical engineering ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of three-axis aircraft control
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first controlled, sustained, powered airplane flight ⓘ pioneering modern aviation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Susan Catherine Koerner Wright ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Wright Flyer (1903)
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surface form:
1903 Wright Flyer
Wright Flyer (1903) ⓘ
surface form:
Wright Flyer
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| occupation |
aviation pioneer
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businessperson ⓘ engineer ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| partnerInInvention | Orville Wright ⓘ |
| performedFirstFlightWith |
Wright Flyer (1903)
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surface form:
Wright Flyer
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| placeOfBirth |
Henry County, Indiana
NERFINISHED
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Millville, Indiana ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Dayton
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surface form:
Dayton, Ohio
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| religion |
United Brethren in Christ
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surface form:
United Brethren in Christ (family background)
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| residence |
Dayton
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surface form:
Dayton, Ohio
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Katharine Wright
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Orville Wright ⓘ |
| significantEvent | first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903-12-17 ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base