Judge Rutherford

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person president of religious organization religious leader

Judge Rutherford was the second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and a key figure in shaping the doctrines and global expansion of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the early 20th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Judge Rutherford canonical	1
Judge Rutherford of Brooklyn	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	person ⓘ president of religious organization ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
admittedToBar	Missouri ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	J. F. Rutherford ⓘ Joseph Franklin Rutherford ⓘ surface form: Joseph F. Rutherford Joseph Franklin Rutherford ⓘ surface form: Judge Joseph Rutherford Judge Rutherford ⓘ surface form: Judge Rutherford of Brooklyn
birthName	Joseph Franklin Rutherford ⓘ
burialPlace	near Beth-Sarim, San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
coinedName	JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ surface form: Jehovah’s witnesses
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateBecamePresidentOfWatchTowerSociety	1917 ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1869-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1942-01-08 ⓘ
employer	Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
endOfPresidencyOfWatchTowerSociety	1942 ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
headquartersDuringPresidency	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn, New York, United States
influenced	doctrinal development of Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
judicialTitle	judge ⓘ
knownFor	expanding global missionary work of Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ introducing the name "Jehovah’s witnesses" for the movement ⓘ promoting door-to-door preaching ⓘ shaping doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalEducation	studied law in Missouri ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
movement	Bible Student movement ⓘ
notableWork	Government ⓘ Life ⓘ Millions Now Living Will Never Die! ⓘ surface form: Millions Now Living Will Never Die Reconciliation ⓘ Salvation ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ public speaker ⓘ religious administrator ⓘ religious writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Boonville, Missouri ⓘ surface form: Booneville, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath	San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of New York ⓘ second president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ⓘ
predecessor	Charles Taze Russell ⓘ
promotedBelief	imminent establishment of God’s Kingdom ⓘ
promotedPractice	house-to-house distribution of literature ⓘ use of sound cars and radio for preaching ⓘ
reasonForTitleJudge	served as a substitute judge in Missouri ⓘ
religion	JehovahsWitnesses ⓘ surface form: Jehovah’s Witnesses
successor	Nathan H. Knorr ⓘ
yearNameJehovahsWitnessesAdopted	1931 ⓘ

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

Joseph Franklin Rutherford → alsoKnownAs → Judge Rutherford ⓘ

Judge Rutherford → alsoKnownAs → Judge Rutherford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judge Rutherford of Brooklyn