Wilbur Wright
Printer, Organization founder
1867 – 1912
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Who was Wilbur Wright?
Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) was the older of the two Wright brothers (the other being Orville), two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.
Famous Quotes:
- ...man, by reason of his greater intellect, can more reasonably hope to equal birds in knowledge than to equal nature in the perfection of her machinery...
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1867
Millville - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 30, 1912
Dayton - Resting place
- Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
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on July 23, 2013
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