Neville Bowles Chamberlain

E711423

Neville Bowles Chamberlain was a 19th-century British Army officer best known for inventing the sport of snooker while serving in colonial India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Neville Bowles Chamberlain canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
human
associatedWith British Empire NERFINISHED
colonial India
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
familyName Chamberlain NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cue sport development
military
genre cue sports
givenName Neville NERFINISHED
hasNationality British
influenced development of modern snooker
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch British Army
militaryConflict served in British colonial campaigns in India
name Neville Bowles Chamberlain NERFINISHED
notableEvent creation of snooker rules in India
notableFor invention of the game of snooker
notableWork codifying early rules of snooker
occupation soldier
placeOfActivity British India NERFINISHED
positionHeld officer in the British Indian Army
sexOrGender male
sportInvented snooker
timePeriod 19th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chamberlain hasNotableBearer Neville Bowles Chamberlain