John Emery Harriman
Harriman in 1900, image from Library of Congress
Born
John Emery Harriman, Jr.

June 3, 1869
Somerville, Massachusetts[1]
DiedFebruary 26, 1912 (aged 42)[1]
Worcester, Massachusetts
Occupations
Known forPatenting an aerocar
Spouse
Julia Horther
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(m. 1897)​
Parent(s)J. E. Harriman Sr. (father)
J. W. Harriman (mother)
J. E. Harriman's Aerocar

John Emery Harriman, Jr. (June 3, 1869 — May 18, 1916) was an American civil engineer and inventor.

Biography

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Harriman was born in 1869 in Somerville, Massachusetts, to John Emery Harriman, Sr., a Civil War veteran of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment, and Sarah Jane Wheeler Harriman.[2] His paternal family went back eight generations to 1622, when the Harrimans left Rowley, Yorkshire, England.[3]

He created the Harriman Aeromobile Company[4] and designed a flying machine in 1902. He also designed an aerocar in 1906, which was patented in 1910,[citation needed] but was never manufactured.[5][6] He also invented a rotary steam engine.[1]

He married Julia C. Horther, ex-wife of artist Hiram Peabody Flagg,[7] on April 22, 1897. He died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, aged 46, after a brief illness.[1]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "J. Emery Harriman Dead – Brookline Man, Well Known as an Engineer, Was the Inventor of a New Aeroplane". The Boston Globe. May 19, 1916. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Harriman, John E. (1907). A branch of the Harriman family of New England. Harold B. Lee Library. [S.l]. p. 30.
  3. ^ "J. Emery Harriman Dead. Printer More Than 50 Years and Civil War Veteran". The Boston Globe. February 27, 1912. p. 16. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Wiener, Martin (August 2014). "Flights of Fancy" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Novel Design by John Emery Harriman Jr, a Civil Engineer, May Compete at St Louis". Boston Daily Globe. Page: 2a11. April 3, 1904. ProQuest 500110033. Retrieved 2010-08-10. Among the American inventors of machines intended for navigation of the air the latest to enter the field is a Boston man John Emery Harriman Jr ...
  6. ^ Braun, Hans (1996). Historische aktien aus den USA. ISBN 9783874393973. ...was in fact drawn by none other than John Emery Harriman, Jr. himself. ...
  7. ^ Artwork by Hiram Peabody Flagg
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