Joseph Henry

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

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:physicist gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:The_Albany_Academy
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Rumford_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1797-12-17
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Albany,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace	Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Caroline_Henry gptkb:Helen_Louisa_Henry gptkb:Mary_Anna_Henry gptkb:William_Alexander_Henry
gptkbp:deathDate	1878-05-13
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:eponymOf	gptkb:Henry_(unit)
gptkbp:field	electromagnetism physics
gptkbp:honor	Henry (unit of inductance) named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Joseph Henry
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Michael_Faraday gptkb:Samuel_Morse
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:André-Marie_Ampère gptkb:Hans_Christian_Ørsted
gptkbp:knownFor	electromagnetism early telegraphy electromagnetic relay self-inductance
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Samuel_Morse
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:inventor gptkb:physicist gptkb:professor
gptkbp:portrait	Joseph Henry portrait.jpg
gptkbp:predecessor	position established
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:restingPlace	Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:signature	Joseph Henry signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Harriet_Alexander
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Spencer_Fullerton_Baird
gptkbp:taughtAt	gptkb:Princeton_University gptkb:The_Albany_Academy College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
gptkbp:termEnd	1878
gptkbp:termStart	1846
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:AAAS
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3