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.

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Label Occurrences
Robert Rogers canonical 14
American frontiersman Robert Rogers 1
Major Robert Rogers 1

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, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Methuen, Province of Massachusetts Bay
citizenship Great Britain ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
command Rogers' Rangers ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
nationality American colonial ⓘ
British ⓘ
notableEvent raid on Saint-François (1759) ⓘ
notableWork Rogers' Rangers ⓘ
surface form: Rogers' Rangers standing orders
occupation author ⓘ
frontiersman ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
parent James Rogers ⓘ
placeOfBurial London, England ⓘ
rank major ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1780s ⓘ
serviceStartYear 1755 ⓘ
sibling James Rogers ⓘ
surface form: James Rogers Jr.
spouse Elizabeth Browne ⓘ
Margaret McGregor ⓘ
wrote A Concise Account of North America ⓘ
Journals of Major Robert Rogers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rogers → hasNotableBearer → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Robert Rogers → name → Robert Rogers self-link ⓘ
Benjamin Church → influenced → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Provincial Rangers → notableCommander → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Rogers' Rangers → foundedBy → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Rogers' Rangers → commander → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Rogers' Rangers → namedAfter → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Journals of Major Robert Rogers → author → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Journals of Major Robert Rogers → about → Robert Rogers ⓘ
A Concise Account of North America → author → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Queen's Rangers → notableCommander → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Elizabeth Browne → spouse → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Margaret McGregor → notableAssociation → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Margaret McGregor → notableRelative → Robert Rogers ⓘ
this entity surface form: American frontiersman Robert Rogers
Rogers' Rules of Ranging → author → Robert Rogers ⓘ
Rogers' Rules of Ranging → author → Robert Rogers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Major Robert Rogers