Richard Jordan Gatling

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Richard Jordan Gatling was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the Gatling gun, one of the first successful rapid-fire weapons.

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Richard Jordan Gatling canonical 4

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instanceOf American inventor ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Civil War ⓘ
associatedWithTechnology rapid-fire weapons ⓘ
birthDate 1818-09-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Hertford County, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1903-02-26 ⓘ
designed hand-cranked multi-barrel machine gun ⓘ
educatedAt Ohio Medical College ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Gatling ⓘ
linked to: Cannon
fieldOfWork agricultural machinery ⓘ
firearms design ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasAcademicDegree medical degree ⓘ
hasPartInBiography development and refinement of the Gatling gun after 1862 ⓘ
transition from medicine to full-time inventing ⓘ
work on agricultural equipment before firearms inventions ⓘ
hasPatentInCountry France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
influenced later automatic weapons design ⓘ
inspiredBy American Civil War ⓘ
invention Gatling gun ⓘ
linked to: Gatling guns

improvements to firearms mechanisms ⓘ
rice sowing machine ⓘ
seed planter ⓘ
steam plow ⓘ
knownFor inventing the Gatling gun ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy pioneer of machine gun technology ⓘ
middleName Jordan ⓘ
name Richard Jordan Gatling ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Gatling gun ⓘ
linked to: Gatling guns
occupation inventor ⓘ
patent Gatling gun patent of 1862 ⓘ
residence Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
statedGoalOfInvention reduce the size of armies and the number of deaths in war ⓘ

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Gatling gun → inventor → Richard Jordan Gatling ⓘ
subject linked to: Gatling guns
Gatling gun → patentHolder → Richard Jordan Gatling ⓘ
subject linked to: Gatling guns
Gatling gun → namedAfter → Richard Jordan Gatling ⓘ
subject linked to: Gatling guns
Richard Jordan Gatling → name → Richard Jordan Gatling ⓘ