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Richard Jordan Gatling
The inventor of the Gatling gun was Richard Jordan Gatling. The machine gun- like weapon was named after the inventor. He invented it in 1862.
Richard Jordan Gatling was born on September 12, 1818.
Richard Jordan Gatling was born on September 12, 1818.
Richard Jordan Gatling died on February 26, 1903 at the age of 84.
Richard Jordan Gatling died on February 26, 1903 at the age of 84.
Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling also invented a screw propeller, a cotton planter and a steam plow in addition to his famous Gatling gun which the US Patent office termed a machine gun. It was not a machine gun in the modern use of terms, however.
Richard Jordan Gatling was born on September 12, 1818 and died on February 26, 1903. Richard Jordan Gatling would have been 84 years old at the time of death or 196 years old today.
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the gatling gun was invented by Richard Jordan Gatling about 1861. however his gatling never really saw action during the civil war. he did not sell his gatling gun to the government until 1866, after the civil war.
He married Jemima Sanders on October 24th, 1854
No. "The idea of the machine gun was conceived by Richard Jordan Gatling in 1861, and was first constructed and fired by the inventor at Indianapolis in 1862. In 1865 he had twelve of his guns made by the Cooper Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia."