William E. Fairbairn

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:author Get Tough!
Scientific Self-Defence
Shooting to Live
gptkbp:awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE)
gptkbp:birthDate 1885-02-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Rickmansworth,_Hertfordshire,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Fairbairn
Dorothy Fairbairn
William Fairbairn Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1960-06-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Exmouth,_Devon,_England
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Special_Operations_Executive
gptkb:British_Commandos
gptkb:Shanghai_Municipal_Police
gptkbp:fieldOfWork martial arts
self-defense
hand-to-hand combat
firearms training
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William E. Fairbairn
gptkbp:influenced law enforcement training
military combatives
modern police tactics
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Fairbairn–Sykes_fighting_knife
gptkb:Eric_A._Sykes
gptkbp:knownFor Defendu martial arts system
close-quarters combat training
co-developing the Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:police_officer
gptkb:mixed_martial_artist
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Marines
gptkb:Shanghai_Municipal_Police
gptkbp:spouse Edith Fairbairn
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies on martial arts history
documentaries on World War II combatives
gptkbp:trainer gptkb:Allied_forces_in_World_War_II
gptkb:British_Commandos
Special Operations Executive agents
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fairbairn–Sykes_fighting_knife
gptkb:World_War_II_Commando_Training
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7