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Simon Lake
American inventor (1866–1945)
"Simon Lake" was also a pseudonym of Charles L. Grant.
Simon Lake | |
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Born | (1866-09-04)September 4, 1866 Pleasantville, New Jersey |
Died | June 23, 1945(1945-06-23) (aged 78) Milford, Connecticut |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Margaret Vogel (1890-1956) |
Children | Miriam Catherine Lake ( May 2nd, 1891-?) Thomas Alva Edison Lake ( Nov. 8th, 1892-1979) |
Parent | Christopher J. Lake |
Engineering career | |
Projects | Submarines Single screw steering gear automatic soldering machine for tin cans |
Significant advance | Naval design |
Simon Lake (September 4, 1866 – June 23, 1945) was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy.
Biography
Born in Pleasantville, New