| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Columbia_University 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1861-04-25 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1939-07-18 
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                                | gptkbp:editor | gptkb:Encyclopaedia_of_the_Social_Sciences gptkb:Political_Science_Quarterly
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Columbia_University 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicGroup | Jewish American 
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                                | gptkbp:father | gptkb:Joseph_Seligman 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | gptkb:government economics
 taxation
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | public finance theory tax policy in the United States
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | advocacy of progressive taxation theory of tax incidence
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Economic_Association 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:Essays_in_Taxation gptkb:The_Shifting_and_Incidence_of_Taxation
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:author gptkb:economist
 gptkb:professor
 
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                                | gptkbp:placeOfBirth | gptkb:New_York_City 
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                                | gptkbp:placeOfDeath | gptkb:Lake_Placid,_New_York 
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                                | gptkbp:president | gptkb:American_Economic_Association gptkb:American_Association_of_University_Professors
 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Judaism 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | Caroline Beer 
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                                | gptkbp:studentOf | gptkb:John_Bates_Clark 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Fels_income_tax_proposal gptkb:League_of_Nations_Fiscal_Committee
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Edwin Seligman 
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