Jacob Bigelow

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Jacob Bigelow was a 19th-century American physician, botanist, and architect known for pioneering the rural cemetery movement and promoting practical science and public health.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
architect
botanist
human
physician
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
familyName Bigelow
fieldOfWork architecture
botany
medicine
practical science
public health
givenName Jacob
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement rural cemetery movement
notableFor pioneering the rural cemetery movement
promoting practical science
promoting public health
notableWork design of Mount Auburn Cemetery
occupation architect
botanist
physician
placeOfActivity New England
United States of America
sexOrGender male

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mount Auburn Cemetery
founder
Wistar Institute ("Caspar Wistar")
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