Leslie

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engineer human military officer

Leslie is the given name of Leslie R. Groves Jr., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer who directed the Manhattan Project during World War II.

Aliases (1)

Leslie R. Groves Jr. ×47

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	engineer → human → military officer →
appointedBy	United States Army leadership →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Medal (United States) → Legion of Merit →
birthName	Leslie Richard Groves Jr. →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1896-08-17 →
dateOfDeath	1970-07-13 →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → United States Military Academy →
employer	United States Army →
era	20th century →
familyName	Groves →
fieldOfWork	military engineering → nuclear weapons development →
genreOfWork	military project management →
givenName	Leslie →
hasGender	male →
militaryBranch	United States Army → United States Army Corps of Engineers →
militaryRank	lieutenant general →
nationality	American →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableAchievement	directed U.S. efforts to build the first nuclear weapons →
notableProject	construction of the Pentagon →
notableWork	Manhattan Project →
numberOfChildren	2 →
occupation	civil engineer → soldier →
oversawConstructionOf	Hanford Engineer Works → Los Alamos Laboratory → Oak Ridge facilities →
parent	Leslie Richard Groves Sr. →
participantIn	development of the first atomic bombs →
placeOfBirth	Albany, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	director of the Manhattan Project →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Virginia, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →
responsibleFor	overall management of the Manhattan Project →
spouse	Grace Hulbert Wilson →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bob Hope → Leslie Lamport → Leslie Nielsen → Leslie R. Groves Jr. → Leslie R. Groves Jr. → Leslie R. Groves Jr. → Leslie Richard Groves Sr. →	givenName