William O. Douglas

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:person
author
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_Law_School
gptkb:Whitman_College
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1898-10-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Maine,_Minnesota,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joan_Douglas
gptkb:William_O._Douglas_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-01-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Orville_Douglas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William O. Douglas
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Second Lieutenant
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notableFor environmentalist
longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history
strong civil libertarian views
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
author
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:A_Wilderness_Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:Go_East,_Young_Man
gptkb:Of_Men_and_Mountains
gptkb:Strange_Lands_and_Friendly_People
gptkb:The_Court_Years,_1939_to_1975
Points of Rebellion
gptkbp:religion Presbyterian
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:signature William O. Douglas signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_Martin
gptkb:Kathleen_Heffernan
gptkb:Mercedes_Hester_Davidson
gptkb:Mildred_Riddle
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:termEnd 1975-11-12
gptkbp:termStart 1939-04-17
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Columbia_Law_School
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3