General Henry Knox

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Boston_Latin_School
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Continental_Congress
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:birthDate 1750-07-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts_Bay,_British_America
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Thomaston,_Maine
gptkbp:causeOfDeath infection
gptkbp:children gptkb:Henry_Jackson_Knox
gptkb:Lucy_Flucker_Knox
gptkbp:deathDate 1806-10-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Thomaston,_Massachusetts_(now_Maine),_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity Scottish descent
gptkbp:honor Fort Knox (named after him)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Henry Knox
gptkbp:knownFor artillery expertise
close associate of George Washington
first United States Secretary of War
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Society_of_the_Cincinnati
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Brigadier General
Major General
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Princeton
gptkb:Battle_of_Trenton
gptkb:Siege_of_Boston
gptkb:Battle_of_Brandywine
gptkb:Battle_of_Monmouth
gptkb:Siege_of_Yorktown
gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown
gptkbp:notableWork transportation of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:book
gptkb:soldier
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Gilbert_Stuart
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:United_States_Secretary_of_War
Chief of Artillery, Continental Army
gptkbp:predecessor Benjamin Lincoln (as Secretary at War, Confederation Congress)
gptkbp:religion Congregationalist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Montpelier_(Thomaston,_Maine)
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Northwest_Indian_War
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:signature Henry Knox signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lucy_Flucker_Knox
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Timothy_Pickering
gptkbp:termEnd 1794-12-31
gptkbp:termStart 1789-09-12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Montpelier,_Thomaston,_Maine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5