Robert Stroud

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Robert Stroud, famously known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was a convicted murderer and federal prisoner who became renowned for his extensive study of birds and ornithology while incarcerated.

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Robert Franklin Stroud 0 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf convicted murderer
federal prisoner
human
ornithologist
writer
burialPlace Masonic Cemetery, Metropolis, Illinois, United States
causeOfDeath natural causes
convictedOf manslaughter
murder
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1890-01-28
dateOfDeath 1963-11-21
deathSentenceCommutedBy Woodrow Wilson
surface form: President Woodrow Wilson
education self-taught ornithology
ethnicity white American
fieldOfWork animal pathology
ornithology
genre non-fiction
hasInfluenceOn popular culture depictions of prisoners
public perception of Alcatraz
imprisonedFor killing a bartender in Alaska
killing a prison guard at Leavenworth
knownFor keeping and breeding canaries in prison
studying birds while in prison
writing about bird diseases
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Robert Stroud self-link
nickname Birdman of Alcatraz
notableEvent denied parole multiple times
kept and studied hundreds of birds at Leavenworth
notableWork Diseases of Canaries
Stroud’s Digest on the Diseases of Birds
occupation author
ornithologist
penalty death sentence (later commuted)
placeOfBirth Seattle, Washington, United States
placeOfDeath Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri, United States
placeOfDetention Alcatraz Island
surface form: Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri, United States
surface form: Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
portrayedBy Burt Lancaster
residence Seattle, Washington, United States
various federal prisons in the United States
sentence life imprisonment
sexOrGender male
spouse Della Mae Jones
subjectOf film Birdman of Alcatraz
yearsActive 1910s–1950s (as writer and bird researcher)

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Diseases of Canaries author Robert Stroud
film Birdman of Alcatraz character Robert Stroud
subject surface form: Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz hasAlias Robert Stroud
this entity surface form: Robert Franklin Stroud
Robert Stroud name Robert Stroud self-link
Alcatraz Island notableInmateHeld Robert Stroud
subject surface form: Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz refersTo Robert Stroud