Lord Jeffery Amherst

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lord_Jeffery_Amherst
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegedInvolvement use of biological warfare against Native Americans
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Baron_Amherst
gptkbp:birthDate 1717-01-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sevenoaks,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Sevenoaks,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Fort_Amherst
gptkb:Amherstburg,_Ontario
Town of Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst College (formerly named after him)
Town of Amherst, New Hampshire
Town of Amherst, New York
Town of Amherst, Nova Scotia
Town of Amherst, Virginia
gptkbp:deathDate 1797-08-03
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Sevenoaks,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Sevenoaks_School
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jeffery_Amherst
gptkbp:hasSibling gptkb:William_Amherst
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Jeffery Amherst
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Governor_General_of_British_North_America
role in the Seven Years' War
Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in North America
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Cary
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_Amherst
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Amherst
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amherst_Lord_Jeffs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7