Katherine Goble

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:West_Virginia_State_College
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1918-08-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Katherine_Coleman
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:White_Sulphur_Springs,_West_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:category gptkb:Hidden_Figures
African-American women mathematicians
NASA people
gptkbp:children gptkb:Constance_Goble
gptkb:Joylette_Goble
gptkb:Katherine_Goble
gptkbp:deathDate 2020-02-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:employer gptkb:NASA
gptkb:NACA
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:mathematics
aerospace engineering
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Katherine_Johnson
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:honor NASA Langley Research Center named a building after her
Barbie doll created in her likeness
featured on a US postage stamp
NASA named the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility after her
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Katherine Goble
gptkbp:knownFor calculating trajectories for Apollo 11
calculating trajectories for Project Mercury
work on orbital mechanics
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Alpha_Kappa_Alpha
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork calculations for John Glenn's orbital flight
calculations for Alan Shepard's flight
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:portrayedBy gptkb:Taraji_P._Henson
gptkb:Hidden_Figures
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Determination_of_Azimuth_Angle_at_Burnout_for_Placing_a_Satellite_Over_a_Selected_Earth_Position
gptkb:The_Lunar_Orbits_and_the_Lunar_Landing
gptkb:Determination_of_Optimum_Launching_Conditions_for_Placing_a_Satellite_Over_a_Selected_Earth_Position
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia,_USA
gptkbp:retired 1986
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:James_A._Johnson
gptkb:James_Francis_Goble
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Hidden_Figures_(book)
gptkb:Hidden_Figures_(film)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Katherine_Coleman_Goble_Johnson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6