| dbo:abstract |
Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), born in Richford, Vermont, he was a prolific inventor of earthmoving machinery and the founder of LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. His factories supplied LeTourneau machines which represented nearly 70 percent of the earthmoving equipment and engineering vehicles used by the Allied forces during World War II, and more than half of the 1,500-mile (2,414 km) Alcan Highway in Canada was built with LeTourneau equipment. Over the course of his life he secured nearly 300 patents relating to earthmoving equipment, manufacturing processes and machine tools. (en) |
| dbo:birthDate |
1888-11-30 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:birthPlace |
dbr:Richford,_Vermont |
| dbo:birthYear |
1888-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:deathDate |
1969-06-01 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:deathPlace |
dbr:Longview,_Texas |
| dbo:deathYear |
1969-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:occupation |
dbr:Inventor dbr:R._G._LeTourneau__PersonFunction__1 dbr:Business_magnate dbr:Philanthropist |
| dbo:thumbnail |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Rg-machines-eliotlandrum.jpg?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink |
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/caes/do:0004-001-005-050-001 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/caes/do:0004-001-005-050-002 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/id:stp002%7Cwebsite=Vanishing https://web.archive.org/web/20070212051449/http:/www.letourneau-inc.com/about/RG_bio.htm |
| dbo:wikiPageID |
1305142 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength |
19994 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID |
1124155456 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink |
dbr:Robert_Ripley dbr:San_Francisco dbr:Ironmonger dbr:Missionary dbr:Holt_Manufacturing_Company dbr:Hoover_Dam dbr:Peoria,_Illinois dbr:Peru dbr:Richford,_Vermont dbr:United_States dbr:Vallejo,_California dbr:Vermont dbr:Vicksburg,_Mississippi dbr:Alcan_Highway dbr:Inventor dbr:Engineering_vehicles dbc:1969_deaths dbc:American_Christians dbr:Mechanics dbr:Rydalmere,_New_South_Wales dbr:Christian_and_Missionary_Alliance dbr:Christianity dbr:Christians dbr:Minnesota dbc:Inventors_from_Vermont dbr:Apprentice dbr:Liberia dbr:Longview,_Texas dbr:Frank_P._Brown_Medal dbr:Fresno_scraper dbr:File:Rg-machines-eliotlandrum.jpg dbr:Patent dbr:Australia dbc:1888_births dbc:20th-century_American_inventors dbc:American_evangelicals dbc:American_philanthropists dbc:Members_of_the_Christian_and_Missionary_Alliance dbc:People_from_Longview,_Texas dbc:University_and_college_founders dbc:People_from_Franklin_County,_Vermont dbr:Toccoa,_Georgia dbr:Toccoa_Airport dbr:Toccoa_Falls_College dbr:Welding dbr:West_Africa dbr:LeTourneau_Technologies dbr:Allies_of_World_War_II dbr:Duluth,_Minnesota dbc:LeTourneau_University dbr:Foundry dbr:Gideons_International dbr:Texas dbc:American_manufacturing_businesspeople dbc:People_from_Toccoa,_Georgia dbr:LeTourneau_University dbr:Westinghouse_Air_Brake_Company dbr:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard dbr:Business_magnate dbr:Philanthropist dbr:Portland,_Oregon dbr:South_America dbr:Nevada dbr:Orange_County,_California dbr:Oregon dbr:World_War_I dbr:World_War_II dbr:Machinist dbr:Vehicle dbr:Wagon dbr:Wheel_hub_motor dbr:Regrading dbr:Christian_Business_Men's_Committee dbr:Six_Companies_Incorporated dbr:Earthmoving_equipment dbr:Boulder_Highway dbr:File:Biblical_verse_on_R.G._LeTurneau_grave_IMG_4038.JPG dbr:File:Colegio_Robert_Letourneau_Los_Olivos_Lima_PE.jpg dbr:File:LeTourneau_graves_in_Longview,_TX_IMG_4041.JPG dbr:File:Letourneau_signature.png |
| dbp:birthDate |
1888-11-30 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:birthPlace |
Richford, Vermont, U.S. (en) |
| dbp:children |
5 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:deathDate |
1969-06-01 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:deathPlace |
Longview, Texas, U.S. (en) |
| dbp:knownFor |
Inventing earthmoving machinery (en) |
| dbp:name |
Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (en) |
| dbp:occupation |
dbr:Inventor dbr:Business_magnate dbr:Philanthropist (en) |
| dbp:spouse |
1917 (xsd:integer) (en) Evelyn Peterson (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate |
dbt:Joy_Global dbt:Authority_control dbt:Birth_date dbt:Citation_needed dbt:Cite_web dbt:Commons_category dbt:Convert dbt:Fact dbt:ISBN dbt:Infobox_person dbt:Not_a_typo dbt:Reflist dbt:Short_description dbt:Use_mdy_dates dbt:Death_date_and_age |
| dcterms:subject |
dbc:1969_deaths dbc:American_Christians dbc:Inventors_from_Vermont dbc:1888_births dbc:20th-century_American_inventors dbc:American_evangelicals dbc:American_philanthropists dbc:Members_of_the_Christian_and_Missionary_Alliance dbc:People_from_Longview,_Texas dbc:University_and_college_founders dbc:People_from_Franklin_County,_Vermont dbc:LeTourneau_University dbc:American_manufacturing_businesspeople dbc:People_from_Toccoa,_Georgia |
| gold:hypernym |
dbr:Inventor |
| schema:sameAs |
http://viaf.org/viaf/6925013 |
| rdf:type |
owl:Thing foaf:Person dbo:Person dul:NaturalPerson wikidata:Q19088 wikidata:Q215627 wikidata:Q5 wikidata:Q729 yago:WikicatAmericanInventors yago:WikicatAmericanPhilanthropists dbo:Animal dbo:Eukaryote dbo:Species schema:Person yago:WikicatPeopleFromFranklinCounty,Vermont yago:WikicatPeopleFromGreggCounty,Texas yago:WikicatPeopleFromLongview,Texas yago:Benefactor109608709 yago:CausalAgent100007347 yago:Creator109614315 yago:Donor110025730 yago:GoodPerson110138767 yago:Inventor110214637 yago:LivingThing100004258 yago:Object100002684 yago:Organism100004475 yago:Person100007846 yago:Philanthropist110421956 yago:PhysicalEntity100001930 yago:YagoLegalActor yago:YagoLegalActorGeo yago:Whole100003553 |
| rdfs:comment |
Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (November 30, 1888 – June 1, 1969), born in Richford, Vermont, he was a prolific inventor of earthmoving machinery and the founder of LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. His factories supplied LeTourneau machines which represented nearly 70 percent of the earthmoving equipment and engineering vehicles used by the Allied forces during World War II, and more than half of the 1,500-mile (2,414 km) Alcan Highway in Canada was built with LeTourneau equipment. Over the course of his life he secured nearly 300 patents relating to earthmoving equipment, manufacturing processes and machine tools. (en) |
| rdfs:label |
R. G. LeTourneau (en) |
| owl:sameAs |
freebase:R. G. LeTourneau http://viaf.org/viaf/6925013 yago-res:R. G. LeTourneau http://d-nb.info/gnd/1161436278 wikidata:R. G. LeTourneau https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4tVGP |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom |
wikipedia-en:R._G._LeTourneau?oldid=1124155456&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Biblical_verse_on_R.G._LeTurneau_grave_IMG_4038.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Colegio_Robert_Letourneau_Los_Olivos_Lima_PE.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/LeTourneau_graves_in_Longview,_TX_IMG_4041.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Letourneau_signature.png wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Rg-machines-eliotlandrum.jpg |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf |
wikipedia-en:R._G._LeTourneau |
| foaf:name |
Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of |
dbr:Robert_G._LeTourneau dbr:Robert_LeTourneau dbr:R.G._LeTourneau dbr:RG_LeTourneau dbr:Robert_Gilmore_LeTourneau |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of |
dbr:San_Joaquin_County,_California dbr:List_of_autodidacts dbr:Davenport_Locomotive_Works dbr:List_of_the_United_States_military_vehicles_by_model_number dbr:Richford,_Vermont dbr:Robert_G._LeTourneau dbr:Robert_LeTourneau dbr:Robert_Letourneau dbr:Virginia_Aviation_Museum dbr:Oil_platform dbr:List_of_inventors dbr:Frank_P._Brown_Medal dbr:Overland_train dbr:Toccoa,_Georgia dbr:Toccoa_Airport dbr:Distant_Early_Warning_Line dbr:Haulpak dbr:LeTourneau_Technologies dbr:Euclid_Trucks dbr:John_R._Rice_(pastor) dbr:List_of_Historic_Mechanical_Engineering_Landmarks dbr:M520_Goer dbr:HRG_Group dbr:Association_of_Equipment_Manufacturers dbr:LeTourneau_University dbr:Jackup_rig dbr:Westinghouse_Air_Brake_Company dbr:Unit_Rig dbr:Douglas_A-26_Invader dbr:Christian_Business_Men's_Connection dbr:Wheel_tractor-scraper dbr:R.G._LeTourneau dbr:San_Joaquin_County_Historical_Society_and_Museum dbr:RG_LeTourneau dbr:Robert_Gilmore_LeTourneau |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of |
wikipedia-en:R._G._LeTourneau |
