Ransom E. Olds

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automotive pioneer industrialist person

Ransom E. Olds was an American automotive pioneer and industrialist who helped launch the mass-produced automobile era in the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ransom E. Olds canonical 9
Ransom Eli Olds 5
Oldsmobile founder Ransom Eli Olds 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf automotive pioneer ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Oldsmobile ⓘ
surface form: Oldsmobile brand

REO brand ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
employer Olds Motor Vehicle Company ⓘ
REO Motor Car Company ⓘ
familyName Olds ⓘ
fieldOfWork automotive industry ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company ⓘ
REO Motor Car Company ⓘ
givenName Ransom ⓘ
hasHeritage American ⓘ
industry automobile manufacturing ⓘ
influenced mass production techniques in automobile manufacturing ⓘ
knownFor early use of assembly-line methods in car production ⓘ
notableAchievement helped launch the mass-produced automobile era in the United States ⓘ
notableFor founding Olds Motor Vehicle Company ⓘ
founding REO Motor Car Company ⓘ
pioneering mass production of automobiles in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Curved Dash Oldsmobile ⓘ
occupation automobile designer ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
placeOfBirth Geneva, Ohio ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lansing, Michigan ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oldsmobile → founder → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
Oldsmobile → namedAfter → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
Olds → notableBearer → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
Olds → namedAfter → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
subject surface form: Oldsmobile
Curved Dash Oldsmobile → designer → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
Olds Motor Vehicle Company → founder → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
Olds Motor Vehicle Company → namedAfter → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
REO Motor Car Company → namedAfter → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ransom Eli Olds
REO Motor Car Company → founder → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ransom Eli Olds
REO Motor Car Company → abbreviationMeaning → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ransom Eli Olds
REO Motor Car Company → foundedByFormerEmployerOf → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oldsmobile founder Ransom Eli Olds
REO brand → founder → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
subject surface form: REO (automobile)
REO brand → namedAfter → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
subject surface form: REO (automobile)
this entity surface form: Ransom Eli Olds
REO brand → keyPerson → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
subject surface form: REO (automobile)
REO brand → namedAsAcronymOf → Ransom E. Olds ⓘ
subject surface form: REO (automobile)
this entity surface form: Ransom Eli Olds