Ota Benga

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate circa 1883
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ituri_Forest,_Congo_Free_State
gptkbp:burialPlace unmarked grave, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
gptkbp:capturedBy gptkb:Samuel_Phillips_Verner
gptkbp:causeOfDeath suicide
gptkbp:children none known
gptkbp:deathDate March 20, 1916
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lynchburg,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Mbuti
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Bronx_Zoo_(1906)
gptkb:St._Louis_World's_Fair_(1904)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ota Benga
gptkbp:knownFor being exhibited in human zoos
exhibited at the Bronx Zoo
gptkbp:notableEvent displayed in the Bronx Zoo's Monkey House
public controversy over his treatment
gptkbp:occupation hunter-gatherer
gptkbp:religion Baptist (converted in the US)
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:Lynchburg,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse first wife (name unknown, killed in Congo)
second wife (name unknown, died of snakebite)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anthropology_Days
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5