John

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human

John is the given name of John Reith, the influential first Director-General of the BBC who shaped early public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.

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Label Occurrences
John canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John Charles Walsham Reith ⓘ
surface form: 1st Baron Reith
appointedAs Director-General of the BBC in 1927 ⓘ
birthDate 1889-07-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Kincardineshire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Stonehaven ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1971-06-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
educatedAt Glasgow Academy ⓘ
Gresham's School ⓘ
surface form: Gresham’s School

University of Strathclyde ⓘ
surface form: Royal Technical College, Glasgow
employer BBC ⓘ
familyName Reith ⓘ
fieldOfWork broadcasting ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
fullName John Charles Walsham Reith ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John self-linksurface differs ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
ideology public service broadcasting ⓘ
influenced BBC public service ethos ⓘ
broadcasting policy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
nobleTitle John Charles Walsham Reith ⓘ
surface form: 1st Baron Reith

Lord Reith ⓘ
surface form: Baron Reith
notableFor establishing the principles of public service broadcasting ⓘ
shaping early public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom ⓘ
occupation broadcasting executive ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Director-General of the BBC ⓘ
Managing Director of the BBC ⓘ
precededBy Arthur Burrows (as BBC executive head) ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
succeededBy Frederick Ogilvie (as Director-General of the BBC) ⓘ

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Lieutenant General John Reith → givenName → John ⓘ
subject surface form: John Reith
John → givenName → John self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: John Reith