John Eyre Sloane (September 16, 1886 – July 17, 1970) was an American

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. He was born in South Orange,

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, to well-known scientist, inventor and author, Dr. T. O'Conor Sloane. He established one of the country's first airplane manufacturing plants in

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in 1912.

Early life and education

Sloane was born on September 16, 1886. He graduated from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in 1908.

Career

He established Sloane Manufacturing Co. in 1915, which was later reorganized into Standard Aircraft Corporation and sold to

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Personal life and death

He married

Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, ...

's daughter, Madeleine, and they had four sons, Thomas Edison Sloane, John Edison Sloane, Michael Edison Sloane and Peter Edison Sloane. He died in 1970. He was the younger brother of photographer T. O'Conor Sloane Jr.

References

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