Daniel Bliss
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Daniel Bliss was a 19th-century American missionary and educator best known as the founding president of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daniel Bliss canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educator
ⓘ
human ⓘ missionary ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Amherst College
ⓘ
Andover Theological Seminary ⓘ |
| employer |
American University of Beirut
ⓘ
Syrian Protestant College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Bliss ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian missions
ⓘ
higher education ⓘ |
| founded |
American University of Beirut
ⓘ
Syrian Protestant College ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel ⓘ |
| hasPartInHisLegacy |
American University of Beirut
ⓘ
surface form:
Bliss Hall at the American University of Beirut
Hamra Street ⓘ
surface form:
Bliss Street, Beirut
|
| influenced |
American missionary educational models in the Middle East
ⓘ
development of modern education in Lebanon ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | Protestant missionary movement ⓘ |
| name | Daniel Bliss self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding president of the American University of Beirut
ⓘ
leadership in establishing Western-style higher education in the Levant ⓘ service as a 19th-century American missionary in the Middle East ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of the American University of Beirut
ⓘ
founding of the Syrian Protestant College ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of the American University of Beirut
ⓘ
president of the Syrian Protestant College ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
Beirut
ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Abby Maria Wood Bliss ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Beirut
ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.