James Wolfe

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British Army officer human

James Wolfe was an 18th-century British Army officer best known for leading the successful assault on Quebec City in 1759, a pivotal victory in the Seven Years' War.

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General James Wolfe 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
burialPlace Greenwich ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
commanded Battle of Quebec (1759) ⓘ
surface form: British expedition against Quebec 1759
conflict Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1727-01-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1759-09-13 ⓘ
educatedAt home education ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Wolfe ⓘ
father Edward Wolfe ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn British control of Canada ⓘ
hasOccupation military officer ⓘ
hasPartInMotto “Wolfe, the dauntless hero” (in later commemorations) ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
memorial Monument to Wolfe in Westminster Abbey ⓘ
Wolfe Monument in Westerham ⓘ
Wolfe and Montcalm Monument in Quebec City ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Major General ⓘ
mother Henrietta Thompson ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableCommander Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst ⓘ
surface form: Jeffery Amherst
notableEvent Battle of Quebec (1759) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
notableFor leading the successful assault on Quebec City in 1759 ⓘ
notableWork British capture of Quebec City in 1759 ⓘ
occupation soldier ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Culloden ⓘ
Raid on Rochefort (1757) ⓘ
Siege of Louisbourg (1758) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kent ⓘ
Westerham ⓘ
placeOfDeath New France ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of British forces at Quebec ⓘ
Major General ⓘ
residence Greenwich ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1741 (start of British Army service) ⓘ

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Westerham → associatedWith → James Wolfe ⓘ
Battle of Quebec (1759) → commander → James Wolfe ⓘ
Plains of Abraham → commander → James Wolfe ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Wolfe Island → namedAfter → James Wolfe ⓘ
this entity surface form: General James Wolfe
this entity surface form: General James Wolfe
Seven Years' War → notableCommander → James Wolfe ⓘ