Biographical entry Herreshoff, John Brown (1841 - 1914)

Born
24 April 1841
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Died
1914
United States of America

Summary

John Brown Herreshoff and his brothers James Brown and Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff established the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company with their father Charles Frederick Herreshoff in Bristol, Rhode Island.

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Book Sections

  • Mitman, C W and Swan, W V, 'Herreshoff, James Brown 1834-1930 and Herreshoff, John Brown 1841-1915', in Johnson, A and Malone, D (eds), Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 4, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1960, pp. 584-586. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'The Herreshoff torpedo boat', Engineering, vol. 27, 31 January 1879, pp. 93-94. Details
  • 'The Herreshoff torpedo boat', Engineering, vol. 27, 10 January 1879, pp. 32-33. Details
  • 'A 28-knot Herreshoff yacht', The Engineer, vol. 64, 29 July 1887, p. 101. Details

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: 'John Brown (Rhode Island)', in Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_%28Rhode_Island%29; Mitman, C W and Swan, W V, 'Herreshoff, James Brown 1834-1930 and Herreshoff, John Brown 1841-1915', in Johnson, A and Malone, D (eds), Dictionary of American Biography, vol. 4, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1960, pp. 584-586.

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