George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/George_Washington_Gale_Ferris_Jr.
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkbp:birthDate 1859-02-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Galesburg,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath typhoid fever
gptkbp:deathDate 1896-11-22
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:field civil engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:George_Washington_Gale_Ferris_Jr.
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor inventing the Ferris wheel
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Ferris_Wheel_at_the_1893_World's_Columbian_Exposition
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:George_Washington_Gale_Ferris_Sr.
gptkb:Martha_Edgerton_Hyde_Ferris
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Allegheny_Cemetery,_Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:signature George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. signature.svg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Ferris_Wheel
gptkb:Chicago_World's_Fair
gptkb:Ferris_Wheel
gptkb:World's_Columbian_Exposition_(1893)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6