De Villeroi, Brutus
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Birthname | Brutus Amédée Villeroi | ||||
born on | 6 July 1794 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Tours, France, 47n23, 0e41 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m0e41 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
French engineer who developed some of the first operational submarines, and the first submarine of the United States Navy, the Alligator in 1862. He died of chronic bronchitis on 3 July 1874 in Philadelphia.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes an online copy and translation of his birth certificate: "Today, on the 18th of Messidor, second year of the French Republic [6 July 1794], united and undividable, a male child was presented before me, undersigned public officer Pierre Leonard, by French citizen Charles Louis Villeroi, printer, who lives in this community, in the "Belle Fontaine" section, and who declared that the so-called child’s name was Brutus Villeroi, born today at nine in the morning at the house of the declaring person." [1].
Categories
- Vocation : Engineer : Other Engineer (Submarines)