John Dickinson

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John Dickinson was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his influential writings advocating colonial rights and cautious resistance to British rule.

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Label Occurrences
John Dickinson canonical 18

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Founding Father of the United States
human
lawyer
pamphleteer
planter
politician
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1732-11-13
dateOfDeath 1808-02-14
educatedAt Middle Temple
legal apprenticeships in Philadelphia
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Dickinson
givenName John
knownFor Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
advocacy of colonial rights
cautious resistance to British rule
opposition to the Stamp Act
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Second Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress

Delaware General Assembly
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
surface form: Pennsylvania Assembly
memberOfPoliticalParty no formal national party (pre-party era)
nickname Penman of the Revolution
notableWork Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
occupation lawyer
politician
writer
opposed immediate declaration of independence in 1776
owned Poplar Hall plantation in Delaware
participantIn American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

First Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress of 1774

Second Continental Congress
surface form: Continental Congress of 1775

Stamp Act 1765
surface form: Stamp Act crisis
placeOfBirth Talbot County, Maryland
placeOfDeath Wilmington, Delaware
positionHeld President of Delaware
President of Pennsylvania
delegate to the Continental Congress
member of the Delaware General Assembly
member of the Pennsylvania Assembly
religion Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quaker
residence Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wilmington, Delaware
sexOrGender male
signatoryTo Articles of Confederation
spouse Mary Norris Dickinson
supported reconciliation with Great Britain before 1776

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Subject: John Dickinson
Description of subject: John Dickinson was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his influential writings advocating colonial rights and cautious resistance to British rule.

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Continental Congress member John Dickinson
Townshend Acts era hasKeyFigure John Dickinson
Olive Branch Petition draftedBy John Dickinson
Dickinson College namedAfter John Dickinson
Stamp Act Congress keyDelegate John Dickinson
Dickinson hasNotableBearer John Dickinson
Penman of the Revolution refersTo John Dickinson
Penman of the Revolution hasBearer John Dickinson
Poplar Hall plantation in Delaware owner John Dickinson
subject surface form: Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)
Poplar Hall plantation in Delaware significantPerson John Dickinson
subject surface form: Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)
Mary Norris Dickinson spouse John Dickinson