Robert Peary

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_Peary
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Bowdoin_College
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Hubbard_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1856-05-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cresson,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Marie_Ahnighito_Peary
gptkb:Robert_Edwin_Peary,_Jr.
gptkbp:claimedAchievement first to reach the North Pole
gptkbp:controversy disputed claim to have reached the North Pole
gptkbp:deathDate 1920-02-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:ethnicGroup English American
gptkbp:expedition gptkb:1908–1909_North_Pole_expedition
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Arctic
gptkbp:knownFor claiming to be the first person to reach the geographic North Pole
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
gptkbp:militaryRank Rear Admiral
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkb:naval_officer
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Northward_Over_the_Great_Ice
gptkb:The_North_Pole:_Its_Discovery_in_1909_by_the_Peary_Arctic_Club
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Josephine_Diebitsch_Peary
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Peary