Frank Whittle

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Frank Whittle was a pioneering English engineer and RAF officer best known for inventing the turbojet engine, which revolutionized aviation.

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Frank Whittle canonical 13
Sir Frank Whittle 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force officer ⓘ
aeronautical engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
Royal Society Fellowship ⓘ
birthDate 1907-06-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Coventry, Warwickshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Coventry
coFounded Power Jets Ltd ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1996-08-09 ⓘ
developed Whittle W.1 turbojet engine ⓘ
Whittle W.2 turbojet engine ⓘ
educatedAt Leamington College for Boys ⓘ
linked to: Leamington College

Peterhouse, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
RAF Cranwell ⓘ
employer Power Jets Ltd ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
familyName Whittle ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering ⓘ
jet propulsion ⓘ
fullName Sir Frank Whittle ⓘ
linked to: Frank Whittle
gender male ⓘ
givenName Frank ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn civil aviation ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced development of jet-powered aircraft ⓘ
inspired modern jet airliners ⓘ
knownFor invention of the turbojet engine ⓘ
pioneering work in jet propulsion ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank Air Commodore ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork development of the first practical British jet engine ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
patent turbojet engine design (1930 British patent) ⓘ
placeOfDeath Columbia, Maryland, United States ⓘ
linked to: Columbia, Maryland
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
yearOfInvention 1930 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frank Whittle → fullName → Sir Frank Whittle ⓘ
linked to: Frank Whittle
RAeS Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Frank Whittle ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Welland → designer → Frank Whittle ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls‑Royce Welland
Hans von Ohain → comparedWith → Frank Whittle ⓘ
Whittle → hasNotableBearer → Frank Whittle ⓘ
Power Jets Ltd → foundedBy → Frank Whittle ⓘ
Power Jets Ltd → keyPerson → Frank Whittle ⓘ
Whittle W.1 → designer → Frank Whittle ⓘ
subject linked to: Whittle W.1 turbojet engine
Whittle Laboratory → namedAfter → Frank Whittle ⓘ
Peterhouse alumni → hasNotableMember → Sir Frank Whittle ⓘ
linked to: Frank Whittle
Power Jets W.2B → designer → Frank Whittle ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Welland → designer → Frank Whittle ⓘ
subject linked to: Rolls-Royce Welland turbojet