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                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:person
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:almaMater
                                    
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                                            gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_School_of_Medicine
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:awardReceived
                                    
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                                            gptkb:National_Medal_of_Technology
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:René_Leriche_Prize
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:birthDate
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            1920-08-22
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:birthPlace
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_USA
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:children
                                    
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                                            five daughters
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:deathDate
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            2016-11-18
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:deathPlace
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_USA
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:employer
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Texas_Heart_Institute
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:fieldOfWork
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            cardiac surgery
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            heart transplantation
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            artificial heart development
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:founder
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Texas_Heart_Institute
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:fullName
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Denton_Arthur_Cooley
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:knownFor
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            first successful human heart transplant in the United States
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            first implantation of a total artificial heart
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:memberOf
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:American_College_of_Surgeons
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:American_Association_for_Thoracic_Surgery
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:American_Heart_Association
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:militaryService
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:U.S._Army_Medical_Corps
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            1946-1948
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:nationality
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:American
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:notableStudent
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Michael_E._DeBakey
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:numberOfHeartOperations
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            over 120,000
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:occupation
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:cardiologist
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:publishedIn
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:100,000_Hearts:_A_Surgeon's_Memoir
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Techniques in Cardiac Surgery
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:residence
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_USA
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:spouse
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Louise_Goldsborough_Thomas_Cooley
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Texas_Children's_Hospital
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:American_Association_for_Thoracic_Surgery
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            6
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
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                                            Dr. Denton Cooley
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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