What is John Philip Holland?
[[File:Portrait of John Philip Holland.jpg|thumb|200px|John Philip Holland]] '''John Philip Holland''' ({{lang-ga|Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin / Ó Maolchalann}}) (29 February 1840{{spaced ndash}}12 August 1914<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040797/John-Philip-Holland John Philip Holland article, Encyclopaedia Britannica]</ref>) was an [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[Americans|American]] [[engineer]]. He developed the first [[submarine]] to be formally commissioned by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]. He also created the first [[Royal Navy]] submarine, the ''[[Holland 1]]''. He is often known as the father of the modern submarine for his designs. Holland died on 12 August 1914 in [[Newark, New Jersey]], aged 74. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, John Philip}} [[Category:1840 births]] [[Category:1914 deaths]] [[Category:American engineers]] [[Category:Marine engineers]] [[Category:People from County Clare]] {{US-bio-stub}}