Joseph Sweetman Ames

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educator human physicist university president

Joseph Sweetman Ames was an American physicist, educator, and longtime Johns Hopkins University president who played a key role in early U.S. aeronautics research and leadership of NACA, NASA’s predecessor.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educator → human → physicist → university president →
academicDiscipline	aeronautical engineering → physics →
affiliation	Johns Hopkins University →
awardReceived	Franklin Medal →
birthDate	1864-07-03 →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1943-06-24 →
educatedAt	Johns Hopkins University →
employer	Johns Hopkins University →
familyName	Ames →
fieldOfWork	aeronautics → physics →
genre	scientific research →
givenName	Joseph →
hasEmployer	Johns Hopkins University →
hasRole	research leader in aeronautics → scientific administrator →
influenced	development of NASA’s predecessor NACA →
knownFor	contributions to early U.S. aeronautics research → leadership of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics → service as president of Johns Hopkins University →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences → National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics →
name	Joseph Sweetman Ames →
nationality	American →
notableStudent	John Archibald Wheeler →
notableWork	leadership in development of U.S. aeronautical research policy → research in aerodynamics →
occupation	physicist → university administrator → university teacher →
partOf	history of NASA →
placeOfBirth	Manchester, Vermont →
placeOfDeath	Baltimore, Maryland →
positionHeld	President of Johns Hopkins University → chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics → member of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Baltimore, Maryland →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Joseph Sweetman Ames →	name
Ames Research Center →	namedAfter