John Birt

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Birt

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:appointedBy	gptkb:BBC_Board_of_Governors
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Fellow_of_the_British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts Fellow of the Royal Television Society
gptkbp:birthDate	1944-12-10
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:John_Birt
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Liverpool,_England
gptkbp:children	2
gptkbp:education	gptkb:St_Mary's_College,_Crosby gptkb:St_Catherine's_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:BBC
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	gptkb:Baron_Birt The Right Honourable
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Director-General_of_the_BBC
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableWork	BBC reforms in the 1990s Birtian reforms
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:businessman gptkb:business_executive
gptkbp:peerage	gptkb:peer
gptkbp:positionHeld	gptkb:Director-General_of_the_BBC
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Michael_Checkland
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Jane_Lake
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Greg_Dyke
gptkbp:termEnd	2000
gptkbp:termStart	1992
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Baron_Birt
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Thames_Television
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Birt