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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
Crimean War nurse
Jamaican person
businesswoman
human
nurse
writer
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1805-11-23
dateOfDeath 1881-05-14
dateOfMarriage 1836
describedAs Crimean War heroine
pioneering 19th-century Jamaican-British nurse
employer self-employed
ethnicGroup Jamaican
Scottish descent
familyName Mary Seacole
surface form: "Seacole"
father a Scottish army officer
fieldOfWork hospitality industry
medicine
nursing
founded British Hotel (near Balaclava, Crimea)
genre autobiography
givenName Mary
hasHonor statue in London’s St Thomas’ Hospital grounds
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
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
businesswoman
hotelier
nurse
participatedIn Crimean War
placeOfBirth Kingston
surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"
placeOfBurial Kensal Green Cemetery
surface form: "St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London"
placeOfDeath London, England
placeOfMarriage Kingston
surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"
religion Christianity
residence Kingston
surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"

London, England
sexOrGender female
spouse Edwin Horatio Seacole
workLocation Crimea
Kingston
surface form: "Kingston, Jamaica"

London, England
Panama
wrote Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

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

Mary Seacole familyName Mary Seacole
this entity surface form: "Seacole"
Crimean War involvedPerson Mary Seacole

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