- Born
- July 31, 1803
9
Sources- 1.Stated in People active in the building of ships and boatsRetrieved 2016-11-01
- 2.Stated in Dictionary of Swedish National Biography“John Ericsson”
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- July 31, 1803
- Died
- March 8, 1889
9
Sources- 1.Stated in People active in the building of ships and boatsRetrieved 2016-11-01
- 2.Stated in Dictionary of Swedish National Biography“John Ericsson”
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- March 8, 1889
- Birthplace
- Färnebo församling
1
Sources- 1.Stated in People active in the building of ships and boatsRetrieved 2016-11-02
- Färnebo församling
- Place of death
- New York City
2
Sources- 1.Stated in People active in the building of ships and boatsRetrieved 2016-11-01
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- New York City
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- engineer
1
- , military personnel
- , inventor
1
- +2 more
- engineer
- Spouse
- Height
- 5.875 ft
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- Given name
- John
2
Sources- 1.Stated in People active in the building of ships and boatsRetrieved 2016-11-01
- 2.Stated in LIBRISRetrieved 2018-08-24
- John
- Place of burial
- Östra kyrkogården
1
- Filipstad coordinates: 59.7088°N, 14.1777°E
- Östra kyrkogården
- Family name
- Ericsson
3
Sources- 1.Stated in International Standard Name IdentifierRetrieved 2015-10-15
- 2.Stated in People active in the building of ships and boatsRetrieved 2016-11-01
- 3.Stated in LIBRISRetrieved 2018-08-24
- Ericsson
- Name in native language
- John Ericsson
- Depicted by
- John Ericsson National Memorial(1927) creator: James Earle Fraser · image: John ericsson memorial closeup.jpg
1
Sources- 1.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/john-ericsson-memorial.htmRetrieved 2019-10-31
- John Ericsson(1912) creator: Arvid Nyholm
- John Ericsson National Memorial(1927) creator: James Earle Fraser · image: John ericsson memorial closeup.jpg
- Field of work
- mechanical engineering
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2025-01-13
- mechanical engineering
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63 identifiers linking John Ericsson across the web's reference databases
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