Ovid Butler

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abolitionist human lawyer philanthropist

Ovid Butler was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and philanthropist who played a key role in advancing education and social reform in Indiana.

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Label Occurrences
Ovid Butler canonical 2
Ovid Butler Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
cause abolition of slavery ⓘ
education reform ⓘ
temperance ⓘ
child Demia Butler ⓘ
Ovid Butler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ovid Butler Jr.

Scott Butler ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1801-02-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1881-07-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Hamilton College ⓘ
familyName Butler ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
law ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
founded Butler University ⓘ
Indiana Wesleyan University ⓘ
surface form: North Western Christian University
givenName Ovid ⓘ
hasPart Ovid Butler House ⓘ
honorificEponym Butler University ⓘ
Butler University College of Law ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for social reform in Indiana ⓘ
founding Butler University ⓘ
support of anti-slavery movement ⓘ
livedIn Indiana ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)
memberOf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork founding of North Western Christian University ⓘ
promotion of education in Indiana ⓘ
support for abolitionist causes in Indiana ⓘ
occupation abolitionist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Augusta, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana
politicalAlignment anti-slavery ⓘ
positionHeld president of the board of directors of North Western Christian University ⓘ
religion Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ
residence Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Cordelia Cole Butler ⓘ
Elizabeth A. Elgin Butler ⓘ
workLocation Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana

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Butler University → founder → Ovid Butler ⓘ
Butler University → namedAfter → Ovid Butler ⓘ
Ovid Butler → child → Ovid Butler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ovid Butler Jr.