Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Alexander Lyman Holley
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Related Questions
Read Next
Abstract vector hi speed internet technology background
History of Technology Timeline
The Apple II
10 Inventions That Changed Your World
Binary Computer Code, Binary Code, Internet, Technology, Password, Data
How Does Wi-Fi Work?
Discover
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Thanksgiving Celebration Traditional Dinner Setting Food Concept
Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding
7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
Why Is It Called Black Friday?
Artwork for themes for Pro-Con articles.
Pro and Con: Gun Control
Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer
Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

Alexander Lyman Holley: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Alexander-Lyman-Holley
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born July 20, 1832 • Connecticut
Died January 29, 1882 (aged 49) • New York City • New York
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
English inventor and engineer
Daniel Cowan Jackling.
Daniel Cowan Jackling
American engineer
Ron Toomer
American engineer and roller coaster designer
Arden L. Bement, Jr.
American metallurgical engineer and science administrator
Joseph Rogers Brown
American inventor
John Chipman
American chemist and metallurgist
Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
English engineer
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
British inventor
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British engineer
Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and inventor
Karl Benz
Karl Benz
German engineer
Sir Daniel Gooch, 1st Baronet
British engineer
Carl Edvard Johansson
Swedish mechanical engineer
Polhem, Christopher
Christopher Polhem
Swedish engineer
Masamune
Japanese swordsmith
Wei Mengbian
Chinese mechanical engineer
Ed Yost
American engineer
Robert Moog
American electrical engineer
James B. Eads
James B. Eads
American engineer
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
American industrialist and philanthropist