Mary Seacole
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Mary Seacole was a pioneering 19th-century Jamaican-British nurse and businesswoman renowned for providing medical care to soldiers and civilians during the Crimean War and for challenging racial and gender barriers in medicine.
Aliases (1)
- Seacole ×1
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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Crimean War nurse → Jamaican person → businesswoman → human → nurse → writer → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Jamaica
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United Kingdom → |
| dateOfBirth | 1805-11-23 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1881-05-14 → |
| dateOfMarriage | 1836 → |
| describedAs |
Crimean War heroine
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pioneering 19th-century Jamaican-British nurse → |
| employer | self-employed → |
| ethnicGroup |
Jamaican
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Scottish descent → |
| familyName |
Mary Seacole
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surface form: "Seacole"
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| father | a Scottish army officer → |
| fieldOfWork |
hospitality industry
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medicine → nursing → |
| founded | British Hotel (near Balaclava, Crimea) → |
| genre | autobiography → |
| givenName | Mary → |
| hasHonor |
statue in London’s St Thomas’ Hospital grounds
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voted greatest black Briton in a 2004 poll → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| mother | a free Jamaican woman of mixed African and European heritage → |
| notableFor |
challenging gender barriers in medicine
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challenging racial barriers in medicine → pioneering nursing work → providing medical care during the Crimean War → |
| notableWork | Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands → |
| occupation |
author
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businesswoman → hotelier → nurse → |
| participatedIn | Crimean War → |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingston
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surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"
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| placeOfBurial |
Kensal Green Cemetery
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surface form: "St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London"
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| placeOfDeath | London, England → |
| placeOfMarriage |
Kingston
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surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"
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| religion | Christianity → |
| residence |
Kingston
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surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"
London, England → |
| sexOrGender | female → |
| spouse | Edwin Horatio Seacole → |
| workLocation |
Crimea
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Kingston →
surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"
London, England → Panama → |
| wrote | Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands → |
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this entity surface form: "Seacole"