William Elliot Griffis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Rutgers_University
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun_(Japan)
gptkbp:birthDate 1843-09-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:children Elizabeth Griffis
John Griffis
gptkbp:deathDate 1928-02-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Winter_Park,_Florida,_United_States
gptkbp:fieldOfWork history
Japanese studies
Korean studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Elliot Griffis
gptkbp:knownFor introducing Japanese culture to the West
writing about East Asia
gptkbp:language Dutch
English
Japanese
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us
Corea: The Hermit Nation
The Mikado's Empire
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:educator
author
minister
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:servedAs chaplain in the American Civil War
gptkbp:spouse Katherine L. Stanton
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
academic articles
gptkbp:taughtAt gptkb:Imperial_University_of_Tokyo
Bureau of Education, Fukui, Japan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Asiatic_Society_Korea_Branch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8