William E. Thornton

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_E._Thornton

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:NASA_Exceptional_Service_Medal gptkb:NASA_Space_Flight_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1929-04-14
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Faison,_North_Carolina,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate	2021-01-11
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	biomedical engineering space medicine
gptkbp:gender	gptkb:male
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:engineer gptkb:physician gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:spaceMission	gptkb:STS-8 gptkb:STS-51B
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Project_Gemini
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William E. Thornton