Simon Lake

Simon Lake
Born(1866-09-04)September 4, 1866
DiedJune 23, 1945(1945-06-23) (aged 78)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEngineer
SpouseMargaret Vogel (1890-1956)
ChildrenMiriam Catherine Lake ( May 2nd, 1891-?)
Thomas Alva Edison Lake ( Nov. 8th, 1892-1979)
Margaret Vogel Lake (Jan. 24th, 1895-?)
ParentChristopher J. Lake
Engineering career
ProjectsSubmarines
Single screw steering gear
automatic soldering machine for tin cans
Significant advanceNaval design

Simon Lake (September 4, 1866 – June 23, 1945) was a Quaker American mechanical engineer and naval architect who obtained over two hundred patents for advances in naval design and competed with John Philip Holland to build the first submarines for the United States Navy.