Robert W. Service

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British-Canadian poet author person poet writer

Robert W. Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer best known for his narrative verse about the Yukon and the Klondike Gold Rush, such as "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee."

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Robert W. Service canonical 3
Robert Service 1
Robert William Service 1

Statements (51)

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instanceOf British-Canadian poet ⓘ
author ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Robert W. Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Robert William Service
burialPlace Lancieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1874-01-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-09-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Hillhead High School ⓘ
employer Canadian Bank of Commerce ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
father Robert W. Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Robert Service
genre ballad ⓘ
humorous verse ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
militaryConflictCovered World War I ⓘ
mother Emily Parker ⓘ
movement popular verse ⓘ
name Robert W. Service self-link ⓘ
notableFor poetry about the Klondike Gold Rush ⓘ
poetry about the Yukon ⓘ
notableWork Ballads of a Cheechako ⓘ
Bar-Room Ballads ⓘ
Harps of the North ⓘ
Ploughman of the Moon ⓘ
Rhymes of a Rolling Stone ⓘ
Songs of a Sourdough ⓘ
The Cremation of Sam McGee ⓘ
The Shooting of Dan McGrew ⓘ
The Trail of '98 (novel) ⓘ
surface form: The Trail of '98
occupation bank clerk ⓘ
poet ⓘ
war correspondent ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Preston ⓘ
surface form: Preston, Lancashire, England
placeOfDeath Lancieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France ⓘ
residence Dawson City ⓘ
surface form: Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

Glasgow ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow, Scotland

Lancieux, France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

Whitehorse ⓘ
surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
spouse Germaine Bourgoin ⓘ
style rhymed, metrical verse ⓘ
wroteAbout Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898) ⓘ
surface form: Klondike Gold Rush

Yukon Territory ⓘ
life in the Canadian North ⓘ

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

The Trail of '98 (1928 film) → basedOnAuthor → Robert W. Service ⓘ
The Trail of '98 (novel) → author → Robert W. Service ⓘ
subject surface form: The Trail of '98
Robert W. Service → name → Robert W. Service self-link ⓘ
Robert W. Service → birthName → Robert W. Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert William Service
Robert W. Service → father → Robert W. Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Service