Robin Cavendish
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Robin Cavendish was a British polio survivor and disability rights advocate whose life story inspired the film "Breathe."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robin Cavendish canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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disability rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ polio survivor ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
improved mobility for severely disabled people
ⓘ
independent living for ventilator-dependent people ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications of polio ⓘ |
| causeOfDisability | poliomyelitis ⓘ |
| child | Jonathan Cavendish ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-08-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pembroke College, Oxford
ⓘ
Stowe School ⓘ |
| familyName | Cavendish ⓘ |
| givenName | Robin ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Breathe ⓘ |
| inspiredWorkType | feature film ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the longest-lived responauts
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inspiring the film "Breathe" ⓘ pioneering the use of portable ventilators for disabled people ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livedWithConditionFor | over 35 years ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | polio ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| movement | disability rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Robin Cavendish self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Jonathan Cavendish ⓘ |
| notableWork | campaigning for independent living for severely disabled people ⓘ |
| occupation |
campaigner for disabled people
ⓘ
disability rights activist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Middleton, Derbyshire, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Oxford
ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford, England
|
| placeOfSignificantEvent | Kenya ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Andrew Garfield ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
|
| residence |
Derbyshire
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surface form:
Derbyshire, England
Oxfordshire ⓘ
surface form:
Oxfordshire, England
|
| servedIn |
Royal Corps of Signals
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surface form:
Royal Signals
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | contracted polio in Kenya in 1958 ⓘ |
| spouse | Diana Cavendish ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film "Breathe" ⓘ |
| usedMedicalDevice |
mechanical ventilator
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wheelchair with built-in respirator ⓘ |
| yearOfSignificantEvent | 1958 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Breathe (2017 film)