William Boeing
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Person
- Born
- 1881-10-01
- Died
- 1956-09-28
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5 total works indexed
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- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,503x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Edward Boeing , ( 1881-10-01 ) October 1, 1881, Detroit , Michigan, U.S.
- Died
- September 28, 1956 (1956-09-28) (aged 74), Puget Sound , Washington, U.S.
- Education
- Yale University
- Occupation
- Industrialist
- Known for
- Founder of Boeing
- Spouse
- Bertha M. Potter Paschall Boeing ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1921 )
- Children
- William E. Boeing Jr.
- Awards
- Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1934)
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 October 1881
- Died
- 28 September 1956
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Puget Sound
- Occupation
- aircraft pilot
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- William Boeing.jpg
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William Edward Boeing (/ˈboʊɪŋ/; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer. He founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which was renamed to Boeing a year later. The company is now the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value and among the largest aerospace manufacturers in the world.
Boeing's first design was the Boeing Model 1 (or B & W Seaplane), which first flew in June 1916, a month before the company was founded. He also helped create the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation in 1929 and served as its chairman until its forced breakup in 1934. He received the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 1934 and was posthumously inducted in to the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1966, ten years after his death.
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