George Shaw

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:activists
gptkb:playwright
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:birth_date 1856-07-26
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Dublin
gptkbp:death_date 1950-11-02
gptkbp:education gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkbp:famous_quote " The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself."
" Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
" The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
" A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."
" Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
gptkb:satire
gptkb:drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Shaw
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:George_Orwell
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Henrik_Ibsen
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:character_development
social commentary
witty dialogue
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality Irish
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:Major_Barbara
gptkb:Pygmalion
gptkb:Saint_Joan
gptkb:Arms_and_the_Man
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:drama
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Ayot_St_Lawrence
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:St._John's_Church,_Ayot_St_Lawrence
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Charlotte_Payne-Townsend
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:bird
gptkb:the_Linnean_Society
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4