Robert Rogers

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American colonial soldier British Army officer frontiersman human military officer

Robert Rogers was an 18th-century American frontiersman and British Army officer best known for founding and leading Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American colonial soldier → British Army officer → frontiersman → human → military officer →
allegiance	Great Britain → Kingdom of Great Britain → Province of New Hampshire →
birthDate	1731-11-07 →
birthPlace	British America → Methuen, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
citizenship	Great Britain → Thirteen Colonies →
command	Rogers' Rangers →
conflict	American Revolutionary War → French and Indian War → Seven Years' War →
deathDate	1795-05-18 →
deathPlace	London, England →
ethnicGroup	English American →
genre	military memoir → travel writing →
knownFor	developing ranger tactics and rules of ranging → founding Rogers' Rangers → leading Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War →
language	English →
militaryBranch	British Army → Provincial Rangers →
militaryUnit	Queen's Rangers →
movement	colonial American frontier →
name	Robert Rogers →
nationality	American colonial → British →
notableEvent	raid on Saint-François (1759) →
notableWork	Rogers' Rangers standing orders →
occupation	author → frontiersman → soldier →
parent	James Rogers →
placeOfBurial	London, England →
rank	major →
serviceEndYear	1780s →
serviceStartYear	1755 →
sibling	James Rogers Jr. →
spouse	Elizabeth Browne → Margaret McGregor →
wrote	A Concise Account of North America → Journals of Major Robert Rogers →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Concise Account of North America → Journals of Major Robert Rogers →	author
Provincial Rangers → Queen's Rangers →	notableCommander
Journals of Major Robert Rogers →	about
Rogers' Rangers →	commander
Rogers' Rangers →	foundedBy
Rogers →	hasNotableBearer
Benjamin Church →	influenced
Robert Rogers →	name
Rogers' Rangers →	namedAfter