Frank Whittle

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frank_Whittle
GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Frank Whittle
AI-created image
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:child gptkb:Ian_Whittle
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1907-06-01
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1996-08-09
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:knownFor inventing the turbojet engine
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:militaryRank Air Commodore
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork development of the first operational jet engine
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
RAF officer
gptkbp:patent UK patent for turbojet engine (1930)
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Coventry,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Columbia,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Cranwell,_Lincolnshire,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Dorothy_Mary_Lee
gptkb:Hazel_Hall
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:US_Patent_1,941,066
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Frank Whittle