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Orville Wright

O-Wei-Erh Lai-Tʻe

American aviation pioneer (1871–1948).

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Part Of

Wright Brothers

Date of Birth

8/19/1871

Date of Death

1/30/1948

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Given Name

Commons Gallery

Orville Wright

Present in Work

Around the World in 80 Days

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Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics

(1909)

: 1909

Nobel Prize in Physics

(1913)

: 1913

Sibling

Katharine Wright

Award Received

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National Inventors Hall of Fame

(1975)

: 1975

Elliott Cresson Medal

(1914)

: 1914

(1933)

: 1933

(1917)

Award Rationale

: in recognition of the value of the contributions of Wilbur and Orville Wright to the solution of the problem of mechanical flight

: 1917

John Fritz Medal

(1920)

: 1920

Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society

National Aviation Hall of Fame

(1962)

: 1962

Daniel Guggenheim Medal

(1929)

: 1929

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Member Of

National Academy of Sciences

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Heavier-than-Air Flight

Mother

Susan Catherine Koerner Wright

Father

Has Works in the Collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

National Air and Space Museum

Manner of Death

Described at URL

http://www.digiporta.net/index.php?i ...

Place of Burial

Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum

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