General Sir William Napier

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:advocatesFor Military reforms
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:associatedWith British_military_leaders
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkbp:birthDate 1785-12-17
gptkbp:birthPlace Tewkesbury,_Gloucestershire,_England
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Peninsular_War
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Napier
gptkbp:commanded 4th_Brigade,_2nd_Division
gptkbp:contributedTo British_military_education
gptkbp:contribution Military literature
gptkbp:deathDate 1860-08-12
gptkbp:depictedIn Historical novels
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:First_Anglo-Sikh_War
gptkbp:historicalRole Military commander
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Military reform advocate
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Sir William Napier
gptkbp:influence British_Army_structure
British_military_strategy
gptkbp:influenced Military tactics
gptkbp:influencedBy Napoleonic Wars
gptkbp:influenceOn British_colonial_policy
gptkbp:inspiration Military historians
gptkbp:involvedIn Second Anglo-Burmese War
Colonial campaigns
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Sir_William_Napier
Military history
Military history writing
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_British_military_thought
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nickname None known
gptkbp:notable_recipients British_military_history
gptkbp:notableWork History_of_the_Peninsular_War
gptkbp:participatedIn Battle of Waterloo
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_Tewkesbury
gptkbp:publishedBy Various military treatises
gptkbp:rank General
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:British_military_establishment
Strategic military planning
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sir_Charles_Napier
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Duke_of_Wellington
Military historian
Indian_campaigns
gptkbp:services Unknown
gptkbp:serviceYears 1800-1860
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Mary_Napier
gptkbp:unitAwards gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkbp:wrote The Conquest of Scinde