David S. Jordan

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:author gptkb:The_Story_of_the_Innumerable_Company
gptkb:Science_Sketches
gptkb:The_Blood_of_the_Nation
gptkb:The_Days_of_a_Man
gptkb:War_and_the_Breed
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Royal_Order_of_the_Rising_Sun
gptkbp:birthDate 1851-01-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Gaines,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath myocarditis
gptkbp:child gptkb:Eric_Knight_Jordan
gptkbp:deathDate 1931-09-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Stanford,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:fieldOfWork education
ichthyology
peace activism
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:David_Starr_Jordan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David S. Jordan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Carl_H._Eigenmann
gptkb:Barton_Warren_Evermann
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Louis_Agassiz
gptkbp:knownFor advocacy for peace
founding president of Stanford University
contributions to ichthyology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Carl_H._Eigenmann
gptkb:Charles_Henry_Gilbert
gptkb:Barton_Warren_Evermann
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Manual_of_the_Vertebrates_of_the_Northern_United_States
gptkb:The_Fishes_of_North_and_Middle_America
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
gptkb:educator
biologist
university president
gptkbp:positionHeld President of Stanford University
President of Indiana University
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Alta_Mesa_Memorial_Park
gptkbp:signature David Starr Jordan signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jessie_Knight
gptkbp:termEnd President of Stanford University, 1913
gptkbp:termStart President of Stanford University, 1891
gptkbp:wrote eugenics
natural history
pacifism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elassoma_okefenokee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8