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Anthony Fokker
Sign in to saveAlso known as Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker, Anton Herman Gerard 'Anthony' Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Anton Herman Gerard Fokker, Anton Fokker
Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer (1890-1939)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1890 births, 1939 deaths and 20th-century Dutch businesspeople.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- Anton Herman Gerard Fokker , 6 April 1890 ( 1890-04-06 ) , Blitar , Oost-Java , Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
- Died
- 23 December 1939 (1939-12-23) (aged 49), Murray Hill Hospital , New York City, US
- Occupation
- Aircraft manufacturer
- Spouse s
- Sophie Marie Elisabeth von Morgen (1919–1923), Violet Austman (1927–1929) (her death)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Blitar
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Image
- Anthony Fokker 1912.jpg
- Residence
- Haarlem
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- Commons category
- Anthony Fokker
- date of birth
- 1890-04-06
- date of death
- 1939-12-23
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- meningitis
- nickname
- le Hollandais volant
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Encyclopedic overview
Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer. He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane.
After the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to produce aircraft, Fokker moved his business to the Netherlands. There, his company was responsible for a variety of aircraft including the Fokker F.VII/3m trimotor, a successful interwar passenger aircraft. He died in New York City in 1939. Later authors suggest he was personally charismatic but unscrupulous in business and a controversial character.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthony Fokker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.