James Bryant Conant

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkb:American_Chemical_Society
gptkb:Council_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Harvard_Graduate_School_of_Education
gptkbp:award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birth_date 1893-03-19
gptkbp:children gptkb:James_Conant_Jr.
gptkbp:death_date 1978-02-11
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:American
gptkbp:field gptkb:education
chemistry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Bryant Conant
gptkbp:influenced science education
American education
Harvard University policy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:William_James
gptkb:George_Santayana
gptkb:John_Dewey
gptkb:William_James_Sidis
gptkb:Charles_Sanders_Peirce
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:known_for president of Harvard University
Conant's law
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notable_work Education in a Free Society
On Understanding Science
The American High School Today
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Scientist
gptkb:administration
gptkb:educators
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Dorchester,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:position_held President of Harvard University
Chairman of the National Science Board
U. S. Ambassador to Germany
Director of the National Defense Research Committee
Chairman of the Board of Education
gptkbp:spouse Mary Conant
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:A._Lawrence_Lowell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6