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"Émile Nouguier",
"notable work",
"Eiffel Tower"
] | Émile Nouguier (17 February 1840 – 23 November 1897) was a French civil engineer and architect. He is famous for co-designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Garabit viaduct, the highest in the world at the time, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and th... | 4 |
[
"Émile Nouguier",
"occupation",
"architect"
] | Émile Nouguier (17 February 1840 – 23 November 1897) was a French civil engineer and architect. He is famous for co-designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Garabit viaduct, the highest in the world at the time, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and th... | 5 |
[
"Émile Nouguier",
"occupation",
"engineer"
] | Émile Nouguier (17 February 1840 – 23 November 1897) was a French civil engineer and architect. He is famous for co-designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Garabit viaduct, the highest in the world at the time, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and th... | 6 |
[
"Émile Nouguier",
"employer",
"Ernest Goüin et Cie"
] | Early career
After graduating, Émile Nouguier started to work for Ernest Goüin et Cie. and was involved in the construction of: | 10 |
[
"Émile Nouguier",
"occupation",
"civil engineer"
] | Émile Nouguier (17 February 1840 – 23 November 1897) was a French civil engineer and architect. He is famous for co-designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Garabit viaduct, the highest in the world at the time, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and th... | 15 |
[
"Émile Nouguier",
"notable work",
"Garabit Viaduct"
] | Émile Nouguier (17 February 1840 – 23 November 1897) was a French civil engineer and architect. He is famous for co-designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Garabit viaduct, the highest in the world at the time, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, and th... | 16 |
[
"Émile Nouguier",
"notable work",
"Maria Pia Bridge"
] | Empalot Bridge, Valentine Bridge and Sarrieu Bridge over the Garonne;
Cubzac-les-Ponts Bridge over the Dordogne;
Tardes viaduct over the Tardes;
Garabit viaduct;
Port-Mort Dam over the Seine;
Eiffel Tower in Paris;
Maria Pia Bridge in Porto, Portugal;
Vianna Bridge over the Lima River in Portugal;
Railroad bridges in P... | 17 |
[
"Émile Nouguier",
"employer",
"Eiffel"
] | Career with Gustave Eiffel
In 1867 Émile Nouguier was employed by Eiffel et Cie, later the Compagnie des Establissments Eiffel owned by Gustave Eiffel and between 1867 and 1893 he contributed to many construction projects: | 18 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 18... | 0 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"notable work",
"Eiffel Tower"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.Career
Sauvestre contributed to the design of the Eiffel Tower, add... | 4 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"country of citizenship",
"France"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 18... | 5 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"place of birth",
"Bonnétable"
] | Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 1847. His father Charles Sauvestre was a writer, socialist, activist and teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated with first class honors from École Spéciale d'Architecture in 1868. He died in 1919. | 6 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"given name",
"Charles"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 18... | 8 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"occupation",
"architect"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 18... | 9 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"notable work",
"New Menier chocolate factory, so-called the Cathedral building"
] | Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 1847. His father Charles Sauvestre was a writer, socialist, activist and teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated with first class honors from École Spéciale d'Architecture in 1868. He died in 1919. | 13 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"educated at",
"École Spéciale d'Architecture"
] | Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 1847. His father Charles Sauvestre was a writer, socialist, activist and teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated with first class honors from École Spéciale d'Architecture in 1868. He died in 1919. | 15 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"given name",
"Léon"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France. | 16 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 18... | 18 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"father",
"Charles Sauvestre"
] | Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 1847. His father Charles Sauvestre was a writer, socialist, activist and teacher and his mother was a housewife. He graduated with first class honors from École Spéciale d'Architecture in 1868. He died in 1919. | 20 |
[
"Stephen Sauvestre",
"family name",
"Sauvestre"
] | Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 18 June 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.Early life
Sauvestre was born in Bonnétable, Sarthe in France in 18... | 21 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"country of citizenship",
"United Kingdom"
] | Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. He is a former technical director and ASIC arch... | 1 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"notable work",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. He is a former technical director and ASIC arch... | 4 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"family name",
"Upton"
] | Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. He is a former technical director and ASIC arch... | 5 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"educated at",
"St John's College"
] | Life
Eben Upton was born in Griffithstown near Pontypool, Wales, where his mother is from; his father is language Prof Clive Upton. He lived in Lae in Papua New Guinea between the ages of eight weeks and two and a half years. He then returned to the UK to grow up in Leeds, Birmingham and Ilkley.Upton completed a Bachel... | 9 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"position held",
"chief executive officer"
] | Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. He is a former technical director and ASIC arch... | 12 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"given name",
"Eben"
] | Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. He is a former technical director and ASIC arch... | 13 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"place of birth",
"Pontypool"
] | Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. He is a former technical director and ASIC arch... | 14 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"position held",
"organizational founder"
] | Life
Eben Upton was born in Griffithstown near Pontypool, Wales, where his mother is from; his father is language Prof Clive Upton. He lived in Lae in Papua New Guinea between the ages of eight weeks and two and a half years. He then returned to the UK to grow up in Leeds, Birmingham and Ilkley.Upton completed a Bachel... | 17 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"father",
"Clive Upton"
] | Life
Eben Upton was born in Griffithstown near Pontypool, Wales, where his mother is from; his father is language Prof Clive Upton. He lived in Lae in Papua New Guinea between the ages of eight weeks and two and a half years. He then returned to the UK to grow up in Leeds, Birmingham and Ilkley.Upton completed a Bachel... | 18 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"educated at",
"Cambridge Judge Business School"
] | Life
Eben Upton was born in Griffithstown near Pontypool, Wales, where his mother is from; his father is language Prof Clive Upton. He lived in Lae in Papua New Guinea between the ages of eight weeks and two and a half years. He then returned to the UK to grow up in Leeds, Birmingham and Ilkley.Upton completed a Bachel... | 20 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"employer",
"Raspberry Pi Foundation"
] | Eben Christopher Upton (born 5 April 1978) is the Welsh CEO of Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd., which runs the engineering and trading activities of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He is responsible for the overall software and hardware architecture of the Raspberry Pi device. He is a former technical director and ASIC arch... | 26 |
[
"Eben Upton",
"award received",
"Commander of the Order of the British Empire"
] | Awards and honours
Upton has won a number of awards including the Innovators Under 35 (TR35) from MIT Technology Review in 2012 and the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal.Upton was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to business and education.He ... | 27 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"notable work",
"Raspberry Pi"
] | The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales, as well as a UK company limited by guarantee. It was founded in 2009 to promote the study of basic computer science in schools, and is responsible for developing the Raspberry Pi single-board computers. It is part of a group that also comprises ... | 1 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"field of work",
"education"
] | The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales, as well as a UK company limited by guarantee. It was founded in 2009 to promote the study of basic computer science in schools, and is responsible for developing the Raspberry Pi single-board computers. It is part of a group that also comprises ... | 4 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"field of work",
"computer science"
] | The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales, as well as a UK company limited by guarantee. It was founded in 2009 to promote the study of basic computer science in schools, and is responsible for developing the Raspberry Pi single-board computers. It is part of a group that also comprises ... | 5 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"field of work",
"computer programming"
] | Foundation
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organization registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The board of trustees was assembled by 2008, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded as a registered charity in May 2009 in Caldecote, England. In 2016, The foundation moved its headquar... | 8 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"founded by",
"David Braben"
] | History
When the decline in numbers and skills of students applying for Computer Science became a concern for a team that included Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft at the University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory in 2006, a need for a tiny and affordable computer came to their minds. Several vers... | 9 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"founded by",
"Alan Mycroft"
] | History
When the decline in numbers and skills of students applying for Computer Science became a concern for a team that included Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft at the University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory in 2006, a need for a tiny and affordable computer came to their minds. Several vers... | 11 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"founded by",
"Eben Upton"
] | Foundation
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organization registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The board of trustees was assembled by 2008, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded as a registered charity in May 2009 in Caldecote, England. In 2016, The foundation moved its headquar... | 12 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"headquarters location",
"Hills Road"
] | Foundation
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organization registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The board of trustees was assembled by 2008, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded as a registered charity in May 2009 in Caldecote, England. In 2016, The foundation moved its headquar... | 14 |
[
"Raspberry Pi Foundation",
"field of work",
"promotion"
] | Foundation
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organization registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The board of trustees was assembled by 2008, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded as a registered charity in May 2009 in Caldecote, England. In 2016, The foundation moved its headquar... | 17 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"notable work",
"Moore's law"
] | Moore's law
In 1965, Moore was working as the director of research and development (R&D) at Fairchild Semiconductor. He was asked by Electronics Magazine to predict what he thought might happen in the semiconductor components industry over the next ten years. In an article published on April 19, 1965, Moore observed th... | 5 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"place of death",
"Hawaii"
] | Personal life
Moore met his wife, Betty Irene Whitaker, in 1947 during a student government conference at the Asilomar Conference Grounds. They married in 1950, and Moore became a father to two sons: Kenneth Moore (b. 1954) and Steven Moore (b. 1959).Moore was an avid fisherman since childhood, and he traveled extensiv... | 6 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"archives at",
"Computer History Museum"
] | Gordon Earle Moore (January 3, 1929 – March 24, 2023) was an American businessman, engineer, and the co-founder and emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation. He proposed Moore's law which makes the observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. | 8 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"award received",
"Presidential Medal of Freedom"
] | Scientific awards and honors
Moore received many honors. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1976 for contributions to semiconductor devices from transistors to microprocessors.In 1990, Moore was presented with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President George H. W. Bush,... | 9 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"family name",
"Moore"
] | Early life and education
Gordon Moore was born in 1929 as the second son of Walter Harold Moore (a county sheriff stationed in San Mateo County) and Florence Almira "Mira" Williamson (a homemaker). When Moore started school in 1935, the faculty noted his introverted personality. His father accepted a promotion to deput... | 12 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"occupation",
"chemist"
] | Early life and education
Gordon Moore was born in 1929 as the second son of Walter Harold Moore (a county sheriff stationed in San Mateo County) and Florence Almira "Mira" Williamson (a homemaker). When Moore started school in 1935, the faculty noted his introverted personality. His father accepted a promotion to deput... | 20 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"award received",
"National Medal of Technology and Innovation"
] | Scientific awards and honors
Moore received many honors. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1976 for contributions to semiconductor devices from transistors to microprocessors.In 1990, Moore was presented with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President George H. W. Bush,... | 21 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"award received",
"Dan David Prize"
] | Scientific awards and honors
Moore received many honors. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1976 for contributions to semiconductor devices from transistors to microprocessors.In 1990, Moore was presented with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President George H. W. Bush,... | 22 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"award received",
"National Inventors Hall of Fame"
] | Scientific awards and honors
Moore received many honors. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1976 for contributions to semiconductor devices from transistors to microprocessors.In 1990, Moore was presented with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President George H. W. Bush,... | 23 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"award received",
"IEEE Medal of Honor"
] | Scientific awards and honors
Moore received many honors. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1976 for contributions to semiconductor devices from transistors to microprocessors.In 1990, Moore was presented with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President George H. W. Bush,... | 24 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"award received",
"Othmer Gold Medal"
] | Scientific awards and honors
Moore received many honors. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1976 for contributions to semiconductor devices from transistors to microprocessors.In 1990, Moore was presented with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President George H. W. Bush,... | 34 |
[
"Gordon Moore",
"spouse",
"Betty I. Moore"
] | Personal life
Moore met his wife, Betty Irene Whitaker, in 1947 during a student government conference at the Asilomar Conference Grounds. They married in 1950, and Moore became a father to two sons: Kenneth Moore (b. 1954) and Steven Moore (b. 1959).Moore was an avid fisherman since childhood, and he traveled extensiv... | 36 |
[
"Eugène Adrien Ducretet",
"notable work",
"wireless communication"
] | Ducretet's work brought him into close contact with many prominent physicists of his day, from whom he learned a lot. He continued his education, attending courses at the Sorbonne and College de France as a 'auditeur libre'. In 1897, hearing about Guglielmo Marconi's pioneering experiments in wireless telegraphy (ra... | 10 |
[
"Osman Türkay",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Osman Türkay (born February 16, 1927, in Ozanköy – 2001) was a Turkish Cypriot poet and was a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
After completing his studies at a private school in Kyrenia, Türkay went to London where he read philosophy and studied journalism, after which he was employed on the staff o... | 1 |
[
"Osman Türkay",
"occupation",
"poet"
] | Osman Türkay (born February 16, 1927, in Ozanköy – 2001) was a Turkish Cypriot poet and was a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
After completing his studies at a private school in Kyrenia, Türkay went to London where he read philosophy and studied journalism, after which he was employed on the staff o... | 7 |
[
"Osman Türkay",
"genre",
"poem"
] | Osman Türkay (born February 16, 1927, in Ozanköy – 2001) was a Turkish Cypriot poet and was a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
After completing his studies at a private school in Kyrenia, Türkay went to London where he read philosophy and studied journalism, after which he was employed on the staff o... | 10 |
[
"Osman Türkay",
"occupation",
"journalist"
] | Osman Türkay (born February 16, 1927, in Ozanköy – 2001) was a Turkish Cypriot poet and was a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
After completing his studies at a private school in Kyrenia, Türkay went to London where he read philosophy and studied journalism, after which he was employed on the staff o... | 12 |
[
"Osman Türkay",
"sex or gender",
"male"
] | Osman Türkay (born February 16, 1927, in Ozanköy – 2001) was a Turkish Cypriot poet and was a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
After completing his studies at a private school in Kyrenia, Türkay went to London where he read philosophy and studied journalism, after which he was employed on the staff o... | 13 |
[
"Osman Türkay",
"given name",
"Osman"
] | Osman Türkay (born February 16, 1927, in Ozanköy – 2001) was a Turkish Cypriot poet and was a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.
After completing his studies at a private school in Kyrenia, Türkay went to London where he read philosophy and studied journalism, after which he was employed on the staff o... | 15 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"place of birth",
"Warsaw"
] | Early years
Benedykt Mandelbrot was born in a Lithuanian Jewish family, in Warsaw during the Second Polish Republic. His father made his living trading clothing; his mother was a dental surgeon. During his first two school years, he was tutored privately by an uncle who despised rote learning: "Most of my time was spen... | 2 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"cause of death",
"pancreatic cancer"
] | Death and legacy
Mandelbrot died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 85 in a hospice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 14 October 2010. Reacting to news of his death, mathematician Heinz-Otto Peitgen said: "[I]f we talk about impact inside mathematics, and applications in the sciences, he is one of the most important fi... | 8 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"student of",
"Gaston Julia"
] | Our constant fear was that a sufficiently determined foe might report us to an authority and we would be sent to our deaths. This happened to a close friend from Paris, Zina Morhange, a physician in a nearby county seat. Simply to eliminate the competition, another physician denounced her ... We escaped this fate. Who ... | 10 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"manner of death",
"natural causes"
] | Death and legacy
Mandelbrot died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 85 in a hospice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 14 October 2010. Reacting to news of his death, mathematician Heinz-Otto Peitgen said: "[I]f we talk about impact inside mathematics, and applications in the sciences, he is one of the most important fi... | 21 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"employer",
"IBM"
] | Research career
From 1949 to 1958, Mandelbrot was a staff member at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. During this time he spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he was sponsored by John von Neumann. In 1955 he married Aliette Kagan and moved to Geneva, Switzerla... | 26 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"place of death",
"Cambridge"
] | Death and legacy
Mandelbrot died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 85 in a hospice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 14 October 2010. Reacting to news of his death, mathematician Heinz-Otto Peitgen said: "[I]f we talk about impact inside mathematics, and applications in the sciences, he is one of the most important fi... | 28 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"occupation",
"university teacher"
] | Exploring this set I certainly never had the feeling of invention. I never had the feeling that my imagination was rich enough to invent all those extraordinary things on discovering them. They were there, even though nobody had seen them before. It's marvelous, a very simple formula explains all these very complicated... | 41 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"award received",
"Officer of the Legion of Honour"
] | Awards and honors
Mandelbrot's awards include the Wolf Prize for Physics in 1993, the Lewis Fry Richardson Prize of the European Geophysical Society in 2000, the Japan Prize in 2003, and the Einstein Lectureship of the American Mathematical Society in 2006.
The small asteroid 27500 Mandelbrot was named in his honor. In... | 69 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"employer",
"Institute for Advanced Study"
] | Research career
From 1949 to 1958, Mandelbrot was a staff member at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. During this time he spent a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where he was sponsored by John von Neumann. In 1955 he married Aliette Kagan and moved to Geneva, Switzerla... | 73 |
[
"Benoit Mandelbrot",
"award received",
"Japan Prize"
] | Awards and honors
Mandelbrot's awards include the Wolf Prize for Physics in 1993, the Lewis Fry Richardson Prize of the European Geophysical Society in 2000, the Japan Prize in 2003, and the Einstein Lectureship of the American Mathematical Society in 2006.
The small asteroid 27500 Mandelbrot was named in his honor. In... | 76 |
[
"William Arrol",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Sir William Arrol (13 February 1839 – 20 February 1913) was a Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician.Career
The son of a spinner, Arrol was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and ... | 1 |
[
"William Arrol",
"notable work",
"Forth Bridge"
] | Career
The son of a spinner, Arrol was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and went on to learn mechanics and hydraulics at night school. In 1863 he joined a company of bridge manufacturers in Glasgow, but by 1872 he had... | 3 |
[
"William Arrol",
"occupation",
"engineer"
] | Sir William Arrol (13 February 1839 – 20 February 1913) was a Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician.Career
The son of a spinner, Arrol was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and ... | 5 |
[
"William Arrol",
"given name",
"William"
] | Sir William Arrol (13 February 1839 – 20 February 1913) was a Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician.Career
The son of a spinner, Arrol was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and ... | 8 |
[
"William Arrol",
"occupation",
"civil engineer"
] | Sir William Arrol (13 February 1839 – 20 February 1913) was a Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician.Career
The son of a spinner, Arrol was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and ... | 9 |
[
"William Arrol",
"place of birth",
"Renfrewshire"
] | Sir William Arrol (13 February 1839 – 20 February 1913) was a Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Unionist Party politician.Career
The son of a spinner, Arrol was born in Houston, Renfrewshire, and started work in a cotton mill at only 9 years of age. He started training as a blacksmith by age 13, and ... | 10 |
[
"Benjamin Baker (engineer)",
"award received",
"Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath"
] | Honours and Old Aswan Dam
On the completion of this undertaking in 1890 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), and in the same year the Royal Society recognised his scientific attainments by electing him one of its fellows. In 1892 the French Academy of Sciences recognised th... | 19 |
[
"Benjamin Baker (engineer)",
"place of death",
"Pangbourne"
] | Death
He died at Pangbourne, Berkshire where he lived in his later years and was buried in the village of Idbury in Oxfordshire. He is commemorated in a stained glass window on the northside of the nave at Westminster Abbey. | 21 |
[
"Benjamin Baker (engineer)",
"award received",
"Poncelet Prize"
] | Honours and Old Aswan Dam
On the completion of this undertaking in 1890 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), and in the same year the Royal Society recognised his scientific attainments by electing him one of its fellows. In 1892 the French Academy of Sciences recognised th... | 22 |
[
"Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart",
"work location",
"Paris"
] | Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart designed hotels, including the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé and the Hotel de Monaco, and a number of exclusive private residences. In 1781 he was received as a member of the Académie Royale d'Architecture, and in 1782 he was named architect and controller-general of the Ecole Militaire (Military... | 3 |
[
"Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart",
"place of burial",
"Père Lachaise Cemetery"
] | Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart designed hotels, including the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé and the Hotel de Monaco, and a number of exclusive private residences. In 1781 he was received as a member of the Académie Royale d'Architecture, and in 1782 he was named architect and controller-general of the Ecole Militaire (Military... | 7 |
[
"Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart",
"notable work",
"Père Lachaise Cemetery"
] | Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart designed hotels, including the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé and the Hotel de Monaco, and a number of exclusive private residences. In 1781 he was received as a member of the Académie Royale d'Architecture, and in 1782 he was named architect and controller-general of the Ecole Militaire (Military... | 8 |
[
"Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart",
"has works in the collection",
"Louvre Museum"
] | Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart was also a close friend of Jean Antoine Houdon, the pre-eminent French sculptor of the day who sculpted busts of his daughter Alexandrine-Emilie and his son Alexandre Jr. that are now in the Louvre Museum in Paris. | 10 |
[
"Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart",
"notable work",
"Palais Brongniart"
] | Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart designed hotels, including the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé and the Hotel de Monaco, and a number of exclusive private residences. In 1781 he was received as a member of the Académie Royale d'Architecture, and in 1782 he was named architect and controller-general of the Ecole Militaire (Military... | 18 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"country of citizenship",
"United States of America"
] | Stephen Gary Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his late business partner Steve Jobs, which later became the world's largest techno... | 0 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Stephen Gary Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his late business partner Steve Jobs, which later became the world's largest techno... | 3 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"place of birth",
"San Jose"
] | Stephen Gary Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his late business partner Steve Jobs, which later became the world's largest techno... | 6 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"employer",
"Hewlett-Packard"
] | Career
Pre-Apple
In 1969, Wozniak returned to the San Francisco Bay Area after being expelled from the University of Colorado Boulder in his first year for hacking the university's computer system.He re-enrolled at De Anza College in Cupertino before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1971.: 1 ... | 14 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"field of work",
"computing"
] | Stephen Gary Wozniak (; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his late business partner Steve Jobs, which later became the world's largest techno... | 19 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"award received",
"National Medal of Technology and Innovation"
] | Honors and awards
Because of his lifetime of achievements, multiple organizations have given Wozniak awards and recognition, including:
In 1979, Wozniak was awarded the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. In 1985, both he and Steve Jobs received the National Medal of Technology from US President Ronald Reagan, the country's... | 33 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"occupation",
"inventor"
] | Apple formation and success
Wozniak designed Apple's first products, the Apple I and II computers and he helped design the Macintosh — because he wanted to use them and they didn't exist.
Between Woz and Jobs, Woz was the innovator, the inventor. Steve Jobs was the marketing person.
Everything I did at Apple that was... | 35 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"educated at",
"University of Colorado Boulder"
] | University of Colorado Boulder: 1989
North Carolina State University: 2004
Kettering University: 2005
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale: 2005
ESPOL University in Ecuador: 2008
Michigan State University, in East Lansing 2011
Concordia University in Montreal, Canada: June 22, 2011
State Engineering University... | 37 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"educated at",
"University of Colorado"
] | University of Colorado Boulder: 1989
North Carolina State University: 2004
Kettering University: 2005
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale: 2005
ESPOL University in Ecuador: 2008
Michigan State University, in East Lansing 2011
Concordia University in Montreal, Canada: June 22, 2011
State Engineering University... | 38 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"award received",
"National Inventors Hall of Fame"
] | Honors and awards
Because of his lifetime of achievements, multiple organizations have given Wozniak awards and recognition, including:
In 1979, Wozniak was awarded the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. In 1985, both he and Steve Jobs received the National Medal of Technology from US President Ronald Reagan, the country's... | 39 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"given name",
"Stephen"
] | Early life
Stephen Gary Wozniak was born on August 11, 1950, in San Jose, California.: 18 : 13 : 27 His mother, Margaret Louise Wozniak (née Kern) (1923–2014), was from Washington state, and his father, Francis Jacob "Jerry" Wozniak (1925–1994) of Michigan,: 18 was an engineer for the Lockheed Corporation.: 1 Woznia... | 42 |
[
"Steve Wozniak",
"award received",
"Grace Murray Hopper Award"
] | Honors and awards
Because of his lifetime of achievements, multiple organizations have given Wozniak awards and recognition, including:
In 1979, Wozniak was awarded the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. In 1985, both he and Steve Jobs received the National Medal of Technology from US President Ronald Reagan, the country's... | 43 |
[
"Annie S. D. Maunder",
"instance of",
"human"
] | Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) (14 April 1868 – 15 September 1947) was an Irish-British astronomer, who recorded the first evidence of the movement of sunspot emergence from the poles toward the equator over the sun's 11-year cycle. She was one of the leading astronomers of her time, but because of her gender,... | 0 |
[
"Annie S. D. Maunder",
"work location",
"England"
] | Astronomical research
Work at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
In January 1890, Annie was told about a position at Greenwich that was available by her good friend Alice Everett. In response, Annie wrote many times to the Royal Observatory hoping to be considered for the position. Annie's father submitted a request for ... | 1 |
[
"Annie S. D. Maunder",
"place of death",
"London"
] | Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) (14 April 1868 – 15 September 1947) was an Irish-British astronomer, who recorded the first evidence of the movement of sunspot emergence from the poles toward the equator over the sun's 11-year cycle. She was one of the leading astronomers of her time, but because of her gender,... | 2 |
[
"Annie S. D. Maunder",
"field of work",
"astronomy"
] | Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) (14 April 1868 – 15 September 1947) was an Irish-British astronomer, who recorded the first evidence of the movement of sunspot emergence from the poles toward the equator over the sun's 11-year cycle. She was one of the leading astronomers of her time, but because of her gender,... | 4 |
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