Sir Samuel Bentham
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Sir Samuel Bentham was a British naval architect and engineer noted for his innovative ship designs and contributions to naval technology in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Samuel Bentham canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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naval architect ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
British naval power
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maritime engineering ⓘ |
| awardReceived | knighthood ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
biographies of the Bentham family
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naval history literature ⓘ |
| educatedIn | engineering ⓘ |
| employer |
British Admiralty
NERFINISHED
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Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
marine technology
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naval engineering ⓘ ship design ⓘ |
| genre | technical innovation ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
Royal Navy shipbuilding practices
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industrial use of machinery in dockyards ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of mechanization in dockyards
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design of novel hull forms ⓘ experiments with iron in ship construction ⓘ improvements in block-making machinery ⓘ introduction of watertight bulkheads in ships ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Samuel Bentham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to naval technology
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innovative ship designs ⓘ |
| notableIdea | systematic application of engineering principles to naval architecture ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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mechanical engineer ⓘ naval architect ⓘ |
| partOf | British naval engineering tradition ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Inspector General of Naval Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Jeremy Bentham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Jeremy Bentham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Portsmouth Dockyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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