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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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self-taught
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1732-04-08
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Roxborough,_Pennsylvania,_British_America
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1796-06-26
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
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gptkbp:eponymOf
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gptkb:Rittenhouse_Square
gptkb:Rittenhouse_crater_(on_the_Moon)
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
engineering
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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David Rittenhouse
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Rittenhouse_Orrery
first director of the United States Mint
observations of the 1769 transit of Venus
surveying the Mason–Dixon line
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:inventor
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:wristwatch
astronomer
government position
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gptkbp:parent
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gptkb:Elizabeth_Williams_Rittenhouse
gptkb:Matthias_Rittenhouse
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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gptkb:Director_of_the_United_States_Mint
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
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gptkbp:president
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
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gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm
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1791-1796
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gptkbp:religion
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Deism
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Laurel_Hill_Cemetery,_Philadelphia
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gptkbp:signature
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David Rittenhouse signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Eleanor_Coulston
gptkb:Hannah_Jacobs
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gptkbp:successorAsDirectorOfMint
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gptkb:Elias_Boudinot
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gptkbp:termAsDirectorOfMint
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1792-1795
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Philadelphia_Mint
gptkb:Rittenhouse_Square
gptkb:United_States_Mint
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