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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Elmer Ambrose Sperry Sr. is an American inventor and businessman, famous for building, two years later Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe, of gyroscope and founder of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. He is known as "the father of modern positioning technology". Sperry's compass and stabilizer were approved by the US Navy and used in both World Wars. He also works closely with Japanese companies and the Japanese government and is honored after his death with a Flashback published in Japan.
BornOctober 12, 1860, Cincinnatus, New York
DiedJune 16, 1930, Brooklyn, New York
NationalityUnited States
EducationCornell University
Known forgyroscopic compasses
Spouse(s)Zula Augusta Goodman (1860–1929) (m. 1887–1929)
ChildrenHelen M. Sperry (1889–Oct 1977), Edward Goodman Sperry (1890–1945), Lawrence Burst Sperry (1892–1923), Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Jr. (1894–1968)
Parent(s)Stephen Decatur Sperry (1825–1889), Mary Burst (1839–1860)

About Elmer Ambrose Sperry

Entrepreneur Elmer Ambrose Sperry was born on October 12, 1860 in New York, United States (He dies at the age of 69, on June 16, 1930).

Inventor of the gyrocompass, which made land, sea, and air navigation much safer.

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Elmer Ambrose Sperry before becoming famous

Elmer Ambrose Sperry was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1860 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Monkey (猴).

After graduating from Cornell, he proceeded to Chicago to start the Sperry Electric Company.

Achievement of Elmer Ambrose Sperry

The United States Navy adopted his compasses. In 1910, the first one was put to the test on a ship.

Elmer Ambrose Sperry's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was reared by his father after his mother died a day after he was born.

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He received the Elliott Cresson Medal from the Franklin Institute, which was also given to Mathematician Herman Hollerith, the creator of the tabulating machine.

Elmer Ambrose Sperry Income & Net worth

Elmer Ambrose Sperry's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: an entrepreneur. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Elmer Ambrose Sperry.

Elmer Ambrose Sperry Height and Weight

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Latest information about Elmer Ambrose Sperry updated on March 15 2023.