Isaac Brock

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British Army officer colonial administrator human

Isaac Brock was a British Army officer and colonial administrator best known for his leadership in defending Canada during the early stages of the War of 1812.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Isaac Brock canonical	12
Sir Isaac Brock	5
Major-General Isaac Brock	3
Isaac Brock was killed in action	1
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Brock University ⓘ Brockville ⓘ surface form: Brockville, Ontario place names in Canada ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Queenston Heights ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1812-10-13 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Brock ⓘ
givenName	Isaac ⓘ
hasParticularSignificance	Canadian military history ⓘ history of Ontario ⓘ
honorificTitle	Sir ⓘ
involvedIn	negotiations with Indigenous allies during War of 1812 ⓘ
knownFor	capture of Detroit in 1812 ⓘ leadership in defending Canada during the War of 1812 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in action ⓘ
memorial	Brock's Monument ⓘ Queenston Heights, Ontario monument ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	major general ⓘ
militaryUnit	British Army in North America ⓘ
notableFor	boosting Canadian militia morale in 1812 ⓘ
notableWork	defence of Canada in the War of 1812 ⓘ
occupation	colonial governor ⓘ soldier ⓘ
opponent	War of 1812 ⓘ surface form: United States in the War of 1812
placeOfDeath	Queenston, Upper Canada ⓘ
positionHeld	Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: Administrator of Upper Canada Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ commander of British forces in Upper Canada ⓘ
residence	Upper Canada ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
side	United Kingdom in the War of 1812 ⓘ
strategicRole	defence of Upper Canada ⓘ

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

War of 1812 → notableCommander → Isaac Brock ⓘ

Brockton, Massachusetts → namedFor → Isaac Brock ⓘ

Brock University → namedAfter → Isaac Brock ⓘ

Battle of Queenston Heights → commander → Isaac Brock ⓘ

Battle of Queenston Heights → notableParticipant → Isaac Brock ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major-General Isaac Brock

Battle of Queenston Heights → BrockStatus → Isaac Brock ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isaac Brock was killed in action

Brockville → namedAfter → Isaac Brock ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → officeHolder → Isaac Brock ⓘ

Brock → hasNotableBearer → Isaac Brock ⓘ

Brock → commemorates → Isaac Brock ⓘ

subject surface form: Brock’s Monument

Queenston, Upper Canada → associatedWithMilitaryLeader → Isaac Brock ⓘ

this entity surface form: Major-General Isaac Brock

Brock's Monument → commemorates → Isaac Brock ⓘ