Luther D. Lovekin
American marine engineer and inventor
About Luther D. Lovekin
Lived 1869 – 1937 (aged 68). Luther D. Lovekin was an American marine engineer, inventor and marine architect.
Luther Daniel Lovekin (March 29, 1869 – November 19, 1937) was an American marine engineer and inventor.
Lovekin won the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1904 and the John Scott Medal in 1907 for his inventions. Lovekin was born in the United Kingdom and came to the United States as a child, and started working in the shipbuilding field in the 1880s. He was named chief engineer at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in 1900. During World War I, he moved to the American International Shipbuilding Corporation as vice president and advisory engineer. He was also president of the Lovekin Pipe Expanding and Flanging Machine Company.
Charles A. Stone of Stone & Webster once referred to Lovekin as "the greatest marine engineer in the world".
He died at his home in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1937, after a four-year illness, at age 68.
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American marine engineer and inventor
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Luther D. Lovekin was born on 29 March 1869.
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Luther D. Lovekin died on 19 November 1937 in Villanova.
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Luther D. Lovekin was a marine engineer, inventor and marine architect.
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Luther D. Lovekin was American.
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