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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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.
subject surface form:
Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)
subject surface form:
Poplar Hall plantation (Delaware)