Horace King
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Horace King was a prominent 19th-century American architect and engineer, best known for designing and building numerous covered bridges throughout the American South, despite being born into slavery.
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| instanceOf |
American
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architect → bridge builder → civil engineer → person → |
| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1807-09-08
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| dateOfDeath |
1885-05-28
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| educatedIn |
engineering through practical apprenticeship
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| ethnicGroup |
African American
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| familyName |
King
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| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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bridge engineering → construction → |
| fullName |
Horace King
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| givenName |
Horace
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| hasNotableCharacteristic |
formerly enslaved person who became a leading Southern bridge builder
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self-taught engineer → |
| knownFor |
Town lattice truss covered bridges
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large wooden bridges over major Southern rivers → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| mannerOfDeath |
natural causes
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| notableFor |
designing covered bridges in the American South
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transitioning from slavery to prominent engineer → |
| notableWork |
bridges in Alabama and Georgia
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bridges over the Chattahoochee River → |
| occupation |
architect
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bridge builder → civil engineer → contractor → politician → |
| placeOfBirth |
Chesterfield District, South Carolina
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United States of America → |
| placeOfDeath |
LaGrange, Georgia
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United States of America → |
| politicalOffice |
member of the Alabama House of Representatives
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| positionHeld |
Alabama state legislator
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| servedIn |
Alabama House of Representatives
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| socialStatusAtBirth |
enslaved person
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| termInOfficeEnd |
1872
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| termInOfficeStart |
1868
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| wasBornInto |
slavery
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| wasFreedFrom |
slavery
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| workedIn |
Alabama
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American South → Georgia → South Carolina → |
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Horace King
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fullName |
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Horace
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hasNotableBearer |