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Categories: Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, American mechanical engineers, 20th-century American engineers, Engineers from New York, Naval Consulting Board
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Sperry  Elmer Ambrose Sperry  Elmer A. Sperry  Elmer A Sperry  Elmer Sperry
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United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930) WordNet 3.0
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United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Elmer Ambrose Sperry Sr. was an American inventor and entrepreneur, most famous for construction, 2 years after Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe, of the gyrocompass and as founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. Wikipedia
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engineer
inventor
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Elliott Cresson Medal
Franklin Medal
John Fritz Medal
National Aviation Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame
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CHILD
Lawrence Sperry
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
EDUCATED AT
Cornell University
FAMILY NAME
Perry
GIVEN NAME
Elmer
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
OCCUPATION
engineer
businessperson
entrepreneur
PLACE OF BIRTH
Cortland County
PLACE OF BURIAL
Green-Wood Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
Brooklyn
SEX OR GENDER
male
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Sperry, Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Wikipedia
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Wikidata
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
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Elmer A. Sperry, Elmer A Sperry, Elmer Sperry

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