Joseph Francis Charles Rock

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Joseph_Francis_Charles_Rock
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:explorer
gptkb:linguist
botanist
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:Arnold_Arboretum
gptkbp:birthDate 1884-01-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Vienna,_Austria-Hungary
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:collectedSpecimensIn gptkb:Tibet
gptkb:Yunnan,_China
gptkb:Sichuan,_China
gptkbp:contributedTo herbaria worldwide
botanical gardens in the United States
gptkbp:deathDate 1962-12-05
gptkbp:deathPlace Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
gptkbp:education self-taught
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Hawaii
gptkbp:field botany
linguistics
ethnology
gptkbp:honor Rockia (plant genus named after him)
Rhododendron rockii (plant species named after him)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph Francis Charles Rock
gptkbp:knownFor studies of the Naxi people
studies of the flora of China
work on the Naxi language
gptkbp:languageStudied gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkb:Naxi
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:Austrian
gptkbp:notableCollection ethnographic materials
plant specimens
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Ancient_Na-khi_Kingdom_of_Southwest_China
A Na-khi-English encyclopedic dictionary
gptkbp:photographed Naxi manuscripts
landscapes of southwestern China
gptkbp:photographicArchiveAt gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
gptkb:Harvard_University_Herbaria
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:National_Geographic
gptkbp:residence gptkb:China
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:plant_species
Chinese flora
Naxi religion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Joseph_Rock
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7