Jan Christiaan Smuts

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
lawyer
politician
military leader
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Cambridge
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Cape_Town
gptkbp:birthDate 1870-05-24
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Wellington,_South_Africa
gptkbp:child gptkb:David_Smuts
gptkb:Jan_Smuts_Jr.
Margaret_Smuts
Helen_Smuts
gptkbp:deathDate 1950-09-11
gptkbp:field law
philosophy
military strategy
political science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jan Christiaan Smuts
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Desmond_Tutu
gptkb:Nelson_Mandela
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Bergson
Spinoza
Hegel
gptkbp:knownFor Role_in_the_formation_of_the_United_Nations
Role_in_the_formation_of_the_League_of_Nations
Smuts's_philosophy_of_holism
gptkbp:nationality South_African
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Bovenplaats,_South_Africa
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Cape_Town,_South_Africa
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:South_African_Party
gptkb:United_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Defence
Prime_Minister_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:signature Jan_Christiaan_Smuts's_signature
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
Post-war reconstruction efforts
Formation of the Union of South Africa
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Isabel_Smuts