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electric chair

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electric chair
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Summary

electric chair is an execution method[1]. It draws 117,299 Wikipedia views per month (execution method category, ranking #9 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Harold P. Brown[3], Alfred P. Southwick[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Commissioned by: Thomas Edison[6]
  • Subclass of: chair[7], appliance[8]
  • Has use: capital punishment[9]
  • Commons category: Electric chairs[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Electric chairs[11]
  • Commons gallery: Electric chair[12]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Used by: executioner[14]
  • Has effect: electrocution[15]

Why It Matters

electric chair has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Albert Fish Philippines Thomas Edison United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → executioner
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Subclass of → chair, appliance
    Subclass of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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