Count Elgin

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf noble title
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Elgin_Marbles
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Fife,_Scotland
gptkbp:birthYear 1766
gptkbp:collection Elgin_Marbles_collection
gptkbp:contribution cultural heritage
gptkbp:controversy cultural appropriation
gptkbp:culturalImpact art restitution debates
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:deathYear 1841
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Elgin_family
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:historicalRole gptkb:British_ambassador_to_the_Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:historicalSignificance 19th-century British politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Count Elgin
gptkbp:influence gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:influenceOn art history
gptkbp:involved British_diplomacy
gptkbp:knownFor acquisition of classical sculptures
gptkbp:legacy controversy over cultural artifacts
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableEvent removal_of_sculptures_from_the_Parthenon
gptkbp:occupation diplomat
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Earl_of_Elgin_and_Kincardine
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:William_Gell
gptkb:Richard_Payne_Knight
gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:Robert_Adam
gptkb:William_St._Clair
gptkb:William_Wilkins
gptkb:Edward_Dodwell
gptkb:George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:John_Soane
gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkb:Charles_Cockerell
gptkb:James_Stuart
gptkb:John_Flaxman
gptkb:Thomas_Lawrence
gptkb:Thomas_Bruce
gptkb:Thomas_Bruce,_7th_Earl_of_Elgin
gptkb:Charles_Robert_Cockerell
gptkb:Henry_Holland
gptkb:Joseph_Nollekens
gptkbp:relatedTo Greek_culture
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Elizabeth_Grey
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Earl_of_Elgin_and_Kincardine
gptkbp:title gptkb:Earl_of_Elgin
gptkbp:titleHeld gptkb:Lord_Elgin
gptkbp:titleOfNobility 1802