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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Person
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Bell_Laboratories
gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkb:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkb:U._S._Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:IEEE_Medal_of_Honor
National Academy of Engineering member
American Academy of Arts and Sciences member
American Physical Society fellow
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1946-08-05
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:children
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2
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gptkbp:field
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physics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Shirley Ann Jackson
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkb:Marie_Curie
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gptkbp:known_for
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research in condensed matter physics
being the first African American woman to earn a Ph. D. from MIT
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_students
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gptkb:Mae_Jemison
gptkb:Shirley_Ann_Jackson
gptkb:Katherine_Johnson
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Yamuna_Krishnan
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Physicist
president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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gptkbp:research_focus
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gptkb:Telecommunications
materials science
quantum physics
semiconductors
optical physics
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:M._Roy_Jackson
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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2
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