General Ormsby M. Mitchel

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Ormsby_M._Mitchel
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance Union
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:birthDate 1809-08-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Union_County,_Kentucky,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Green-Wood_Cemetery,_Brooklyn,_New_York
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:yellow_fever
gptkbp:children John Ormsby Mitchel
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:deathDate 1862-10-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Beaufort,_South_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
military science
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ormsby_MacKnight_Mitchel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Ormsby M. Mitchel
gptkbp:militaryRank Major General
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Mitchelville,_South_Carolina
gptkb:Mitchel,_Indiana
gptkb:Mitchel_Air_Force_Base
Mitchell crater on Mars
gptkbp:notableFor founding the Cincinnati Observatory
leading the Great Locomotive Chase
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
astronomer
gptkbp:servedAs director of Cincinnati Observatory
professor at Cincinnati College
professor at City College of New York
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Harriet_D._Munson
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Popular_Astronomy
The Orbs of Heaven
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mitchelville,_South_Carolina
gptkb:Fort_Mitchel
gptkb:Mitchelville
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7