# John Joseph Montgomery

> American aviation pioneer, inventor, scientist (1858-1911)

**Wikidata**: [Q3111121](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3111121)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Montgomery)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/john-joseph-montgomery

## Summary

John Joseph Montgomery was born on February 15, 1858, in Yuba City [1]. He received his education at St. Ignatius College Preparatory  and later worked as an employee of Santa Clara University .His professional roles included serving as a military flight engineer, inventor, aircraft pilot, and glider pilot . In recognition of his contributions, he was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame .Montgomery died on October 31, 1911, in Santa Clara County [1]. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery [2].


## References

1. [Source](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15667645)
2. [Source](https://viaf.org/viaf/data/viaf-20230206-links.txt.gz)
3. Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
4. [Source](https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03385/)
5. SNAC
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