John A. Roebling

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John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.

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John A. Roebling canonical 52
Johann August Röbling 1
Röbling 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German-American ⓘ
bridge engineer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
person ⓘ
burialPlace Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath tetanus ⓘ
child Charles Roebling ⓘ
Ferdinand Roebling ⓘ
Washington Roebling ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
dateOfBirth 1806-06-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1869-07-22 ⓘ
designed Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
Cincinnati–Covington Bridge ⓘ
Delaware Aqueduct ⓘ
Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge ⓘ
Wheeling Suspension Bridge (rehabilitation and cables) ⓘ
educatedAt Bauakademie, Berlin ⓘ
emigratedTo United States ⓘ
familyName Röbling ⓘ
linked to: John A. Roebling
fieldOfWork bridge engineering ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
suspension bridges ⓘ
founded John A. Roebling’s Sons Company ⓘ
Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
fullName Johann August Röbling ⓘ
linked to: John A. Roebling
givenName Johann ⓘ
knownFor developing wire rope manufacturing in the United States ⓘ
pioneering the use of wire rope in suspension bridges ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
German ⓘ
notableFor conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
designing wire rope suspension bridges ⓘ
occupation bridge designer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
patent wire rope manufacturing process ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mühlhausen, Prussia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Saxonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
Trenton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
linked to: Trenton, New Jersey
spouse Johanna Herting ⓘ
yearOfEmigration 1831 ⓘ

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

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John A. Roebling → fullName → Johann August Röbling ⓘ
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John Roebling House → namedAfter → John A. Roebling ⓘ
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Roebling Suspension Bridge → designer → John A. Roebling ⓘ
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