James Conant

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:advisorTo gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:author gptkb:On_Understanding_Science
gptkb:The_Education_of_American_Teachers
gptkb:Slums_and_Suburbs
gptkb:The_American_High_School_Today
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkb:Priestley_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1893-03-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Dorchester,_Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:James_Richards_Conant
gptkbp:deathDate 1978-02-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hanover,_New_Hampshire,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Theodore_William_Richards
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:public_policy
chemistry
education
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Conant
gptkbp:influenced American science education
U.S. education policy
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:National_Defense_Research_Committee
gptkbp:name gptkb:James_Bryant_Conant
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Conant-Finkelstein_reaction
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic_administrator
gptkb:diplomat
chemist
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_Harvard_University
gptkb:United_States_High_Commissioner_for_Germany
gptkbp:signature James B. Conant signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Grace_Richards
gptkbp:termEnd President of Harvard University, 1953
United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1955
gptkbp:termStart President of Harvard University, 1933
United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oppenheimer_(film)
gptkb:The_Logical_Alien:_Conant_and_His_Critics
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