John Charles Walsham Reith

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:John_Reith
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkbp:BBCPosition	Director-General General Manager
gptkbp:birthDate	1889-07-20
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Stonehaven,_Scotland
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Christopher_John_Reith
gptkbp:deathDate	1971-06-16
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:education	gptkb:University_of_Glasgow gptkb:Gresham's_School
gptkbp:father	gptkb:Rev._George_Reith
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:John_Charles_Walsham_Reith
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Charles Walsham Reith
gptkbp:influenced	BBC public service broadcasting ethos
gptkbp:legacy	Reith Lectures named after him
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:militaryConflict	gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:militaryRank	Lieutenant
gptkbp:militaryService	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:mother	gptkb:Adelaide_Reith
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableFor	first Director-General of the BBC first general manager of the BBC
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:engineer author broadcasting executive
gptkbp:portrait	gptkb:National_Portrait_Gallery,_London
gptkbp:publishedWork	gptkb:Broadcast_Over_Britain gptkb:Into_the_Wind Wearing Spurs
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Muriel_Katharine_Odhams
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Frederick_Ogilvie
gptkbp:termEnd	1938
gptkbp:termStart	1922
gptkbp:title	gptkb:1st_Baron_Reith
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Reith
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5