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David Bushnell

American inventor (1740–1824)
Person human Q258935

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
August 30, 1740
Date of death
1824
Place of birth
Connecticut Colony
Place of death
Georgia, Warrenton[3][8]
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
inventor, submariner, military personnel
Educated at
Yale University[10]
Archives at
Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library[13]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Ein unterseeisches Torpedoboot, Seeminen und Torpedos[16][17][18]
Family name
Bushnell[14]
Given name
David[15]
Military branch
Continental Army[12]
Name in native language
David Bushnell[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Bushnell ar ديفيد بوشنل he דיוויד בושנל ja デヴィッド・ブッシュネル ru Дэвид Бушнелл zh 大衛·布希奈爾 zh 大衛·布殊奈爾
🔖 Identifiers · 23
VIAF cluster ID
55766773
Library of Congress authority ID
n90617066
American National Biography ID
0300075
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151059125
BabelNet ID
00014132n
De Agostini ID
Bushnell,+David
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
91298
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/David-Bushnell
FAST ID
1810535
Freebase ID
/m/02hfc6
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
david-bushnell
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0012913
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Interlingual Index ID
i94610
New Georgia Encyclopedia ID
history-archaeology/david-bushnell-1740-1826
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3882265
Prabook ID
2535012
SAR ancestor ID
334662
Trading Card Database name ID
160973
Treccani ID
david-bushnell
WikiTree person ID
Bushnell-1061
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10895912-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhdbprXTJWbvbrmBBp9Dq
Yale LUX ID
person/8ed047f2-f1bd-4be8-9f46-781884b9afcb

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Occupation 3
inventor, military personnel, submariner
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Yale University
Given name 1
David
Instance of 1
human
Military branch 1
Continental Army
Place of birth 1
Connecticut
Place of death 1
Georgia
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

David Bushnell was born in Connecticut Colony[1]. He was born on August 30, 1740[2]. He died in Georgia[3]. He died on January 1, 1824[4]. He worked as an inventor[5], submariner[6], and military personnel[7].

Body

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include Georgia[3], an U.S. state[20], in United States[21], founded in 1788[22] and Warrenton[8], a city in the United States[23], in United States[24].

FAQs

Where was David Bushnell born?

Born in Connecticut Colony[1].

Where did David Bushnell die?

David Bushnell passed away in Georgia[3].

What did David Bushnell do for work?

David Bushnell worked as inventor[5], submariner[6], and military personnel[7].

Where did David Bushnell go to school?

David Bushnell was educated at Yale University[10].

Related Entities

Connecticut Georgia United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Q25373226. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . Sons of the American Revolution patriot database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Georgia, Warrenton
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'it', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  2. 11w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BabelNet ID → 00014132n
    Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID → 151059125
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  3. 14w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Connecticut Colony
    Trading Card Database name ID → 160973
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  4. 20w ago · Virant · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'David Bushnell'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Name in native language: David Bushnell"
  5. 27w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Yale University
    Place of death → Georgia, Warrenton
    Military branch → Continental Army
    Prabook ID → 2535012
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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