Elmer Ambrose Sperry was an American entrepreneur born on October 12, 1860 in New York. He was a pioneer in the development of navigation, gyroscopic control, and other technologies. He was a prolific inventor, holding over 400 patents, and founded several companies. His net worth, biography, age, height, family, and career updates are available online.
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Inventor of the gyrocompass who made navigation through land, water, and air much less risky.
He moved to Chicago to open the Sperry Electric Company after graduating from Cornell.
His compasses were adopted by the U.S. Navy. The first one was tested on a ship in 1910.
His mother died a day after he was born, and he was raised by his father.
He won the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal, which was also awarded to the inventor of the tabulating machine Herman Hollerith.
