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Geographical Society of Philadelphia
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Geographical_Society_of_Philadelphia
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:learned_society
gptkbp:founded
1891
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Angelo_Heilprin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Geographical Society of Philadelphia
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:notable_member
gptkb:Bruce_Chatwin
gptkb:Jan_Morris
gptkb:Thor_Heyerdahl
gptkb:Angelo_Heilprin
gptkb:Simon_Winchester
gptkb:Colin_Thubron
gptkb:David_Attenborough
gptkb:E.O._Wilson
gptkb:Elizabeth_Kolbert
gptkb:Jane_Goodall
gptkb:Jared_Diamond
gptkb:John_McPhee
gptkb:Michael_Palin
gptkb:Peter_Matthiessen
gptkb:Rebecca_Solnit
gptkb:Wade_Davis
gptkb:Roy_Chapman_Andrews
gptkb:Pico_Iyer
gptkb:Patrick_Leigh_Fermor
gptkb:Dervla_Murphy
gptkb:Eric_Newby
gptkb:Redmond_O'Hanlon
gptkb:Robert_Macfarlane
gptkb:Sara_Wheeler
gptkb:Wilfred_Thesiger
gptkb:William_Morris_Davis
gptkb:Freya_Stark
gptkb:Jacques-Yves_Cousteau
gptkb:Paul_Theroux
gptkb:Robert_Ballard
gptkb:Vilhjalmur_Stefansson
gptkb:Matthew_Henson
gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkb:Robert_E._Peary
gptkb:Ryszard_Kapuściński
gptkb:Sylvia_Earle
gptkb:Timothy_Ferris
gptkb:Norman_Lewis
gptkb:Hiram_Bingham_III
gptkb:Paul_Salopek
gptkb:Bill_Bryson
gptkb:Laurie_Lee
gptkb:Frederick_Courteney_Selous
gptkb:Lowell_Thomas
gptkb:Blair_Niles
gptkb:Herbert_Welsh
gptkb:Simon_Reeve
gptkb:Mark_Kurlansky
gptkb:Carl_E._Akeley
gptkbp:notableEvent
publications on geography
support for expeditions
sponsorship of lectures by explorers and scientists
gptkbp:purpose
promotion of geographical knowledge
gptkbp:website
https://www.geographicalsociety.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Henry_G._Bryant
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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