Joe Fortes

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:activeYears 1885-1922
gptkbp:awarded Citizen's Medal for Bravery (Vancouver)
gptkbp:birthDate 1863
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Trinidad
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Mountain_View_Cemetery,_Vancouver
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Joe_Fortes_Library
Joe Fortes Memorial Fountain
Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
gptkbp:deathDate 1922
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Vancouver
gptkbp:ethnicity Black Canadian
gptkbp:fullName Seraphim Joseph Fortes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joe Fortes
gptkbp:knownFor saving lives at English Bay
gptkbp:notableFor first official lifeguard of Vancouver
teaching thousands of Vancouver children to swim
gptkbp:occupation lifeguard
swimming instructor
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Vancouver
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mountain_View_Cemetery,_Vancouver
gptkb:West_End,_Vancouver
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7