David Dunbar Buick
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David Dunbar Buick was a Scottish-born American inventor and automobile pioneer best known for founding the Buick Motor Company, one of the earliest and most influential U.S. car manufacturers.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile pioneer
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industrialist ⓘ inventor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeYears |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | General Motors ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Scotland ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1854-09-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Arbroath
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surface form:
Arbroath, Scotland
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| burialPlace | Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | historical markers in Detroit and Arbroath ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1929-03-05 ⓘ |
| education | self-taught in mechanics and engineering ⓘ |
| employer |
Buick
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surface form:
Buick Motor Company
|
| era | early automotive era ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Buick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
automotive engineering
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internal combustion automobiles ⓘ |
| founded |
Buick
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surface form:
Buick Motor Company
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| fullName | David Dunbar Buick self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| honoredBy | induction into Automotive Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| industry | automotive industry ⓘ |
| influenced | development of mass-market American automobiles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Buick Motor Company
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pioneering early American automobile industry ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
Buick
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surface form:
Buick brand of automobiles
|
| movedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| movementDate | emigrated to the United States as a child in the 19th century ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish-American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | developed one of the first successful overhead valve gasoline engines ⓘ |
| notableFact | died in relative poverty despite founding a major automobile brand ⓘ |
| notableInvention | innovations in enamel-coating process for bathtubs and fixtures ⓘ |
| occupation |
automobile designer
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entrepreneur ⓘ inventor ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Detroit
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surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
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| positionHeld | founder of Buick Motor Company ⓘ |
| preAutomotiveWork | plumbing industry ⓘ |
| religion | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Detroit
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surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
United States of America ⓘ |