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Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:mathematician
surveyor |
gptkbp:birthDate |
1813
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gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Jajpur,_Odisha,_India
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gptkbp:collaboratesWith |
gptkb:Andrew_Scott_Waugh
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gptkbp:contribution |
pioneered mathematical calculations in the Great Trigonometrical Survey
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gptkbp:deathDate |
1870
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gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Hindu_College,_Calcutta
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gptkbp:employer |
gptkb:Great_Trigonometrical_Survey_of_India
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gptkbp:field |
gptkb:mathematics
surveying |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Radhanath Sikdar
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gptkbp:knownFor |
identifying Mount Everest as the world's highest peak
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gptkbp:legacy |
Sikdar is remembered as a pioneer Indian scientist in British India
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gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Indian
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gptkbp:notableWork |
calculation of the height of Mount Everest
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Young_Bengal_Movement
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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