Richard E. Byrd

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aviator human naval officer polar explorer

Richard E. Byrd was a pioneering American naval officer and polar explorer renowned for his expeditions to Antarctica and his claimed early flights over the North and South Poles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Richard E. Byrd canonical 8
Richard Evelyn Byrd 2
Richard E. Byrd Jr. 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aviator ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
polar explorer ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Hubbard Medal ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Medal of Honor ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
child Marie Byrd ⓘ
Richard E. Byrd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard E. Byrd Jr.
commanded Byrd Antarctic Expedition I ⓘ
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II ⓘ
United States Antarctic Service Expedition ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-10-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1957-03-11 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Naval Academy ⓘ
familyName Byrd ⓘ
fieldOfWork aviation ⓘ
polar exploration ⓘ
fullName Richard E. Byrd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Evelyn Byrd
givenName Richard ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix Rear Admiral ⓘ
knownFor Antarctic expeditions ⓘ
South Pole flight of 1929 ⓘ
claimed North Pole flight of 1926 ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Rear admiral ⓘ
notableAchievement claimed first flight over the North Pole ⓘ
established Little America base in Antarctica ⓘ
led first American expedition to Antarctica ⓘ
made first flight over the South Pole ⓘ
organized and led multiple Antarctic expeditions ⓘ
notablePlaceNamedAfter Byrd Glacier, Antarctica ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land ⓘ
surface form: Byrd Land (Marie Byrd Land association)

Byrd Station, Antarctica ⓘ
notableWork Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
aviator ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participatedIn World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth Winchester, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Winchester, Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Marie Ames Byrd ⓘ

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

Harry F. Byrd Sr. → sibling → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
Cullum Geographical Medal → notableRecipient → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
Byrd → hasNotableBearer → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
Richard E. Byrd → fullName → Richard E. Byrd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Evelyn Byrd
Richard E. Byrd → child → Richard E. Byrd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard E. Byrd Jr.
National Geographic Society Hubbard Medal → notableRecipient → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
Floyd Bennett → partnerInExpeditionWith → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
Marie Byrd Land → namedBy → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field → namedAfter → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Evelyn Byrd
United States Antarctic Service Expedition → leader → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ
United States Antarctic Service Expedition → commandingOfficer → Richard E. Byrd ⓘ