| LC control no. | n 99044365 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ely, Eugene Burton, 1886-1911 |
| Variant(s) | Ely, Gene, 1886-1911 |
| Birth date | 1886-10-21 |
| Death date | 1911-10-19 |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Chambers, W.I. Papers, 1871-1943 (Eugene Ely; Eugene Burton Ely; born Oct. 21, 1886, in Williamsburg, Iowa; died on Oct. 19, 1911, in Macon, Georgia; aviation pioneer) Eugene Ely, daredevil aviator, 2014: ECIP t.p. (Eugene Ely) galley (Eugene Burton Ely; b. Oct. 21, 1886; d. Oct. 19, 1911; pioneer naval aviator; first to take off from a ship and land) Eugene Ely, 2023: CIP galley (Eugene Burton Ely; Eugene B. Ely; Gene Ely; he grew up in Iowa; he was a professional chauffeur and automobile racer in San Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon; he joined the Glenn H. Curtiss corps of aviators in 1910; he was a test pilot to demonstrate military uses for aviation in the United States Navy; he enlisted as a private in the California National Guard in 1911; he died during a flight in 1911; he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously on Feb. 16, 1933) |
| Associated language | eng |
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