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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Person
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1893-03-26
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:James_Conant_Jr.
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gptkbp:contribution
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advocacy for liberal arts education
advancement of science education in high schools
development of the SAT
promotion of research in chemistry
support for the Manhattan Project
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gptkbp:death_date
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1978-02-11
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:education
chemistry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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James B. Conant
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gptkbp:influenced
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science education
American higher education
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Robert_Millikan
gptkb:Harold_Urey
gptkb:William_H._Bragg
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gptkbp:involved_in
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gptkb:assessment_tools
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:scientific_research
curriculum development
academic publishing
public science communication
science advocacy
higher education administration
scientific policy making
post-war education reform
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gptkbp:known_for
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presidency of Harvard University
Conant's Law
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gptkbp:member
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Chemical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:notable_work
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On Understanding Science
The American High School Today
A Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Scientist
gptkb:administration
gptkb:educators
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Dorchester,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:spouse
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Mary Conant
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:National_Defense_Research_Committee
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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2
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