Eric Liddell

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Christian missionary Olympic athlete human sprinter

Eric Liddell was a Scottish sprinter and Christian missionary best known for winning the 400 metres gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics and for his principled refusal to run on Sunday.

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Label Occurrences
Eric Liddell canonical 21
Eric Liddell as a devout Christian 1
Eric Liddell, 400 metres gold medallist at 1924 Olympics 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Olympic athlete ⓘ
human ⓘ
sprinter ⓘ
awardReceived Olympic bronze medal ⓘ
Olympic gold medal ⓘ
burialPlace Weifang ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
commemoratedBy Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh ⓘ
Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Eric Liddell Community in Edinburgh
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-01-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-02-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Eltham College ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer London Missionary Society ⓘ
event 100 metres ⓘ
200 metres ⓘ
400 metres ⓘ
familyName Liddell ⓘ
father James Dunlop Liddell ⓘ
givenName Eric ⓘ
knownFor being portrayed in the film "Chariots of Fire" ⓘ
refusing to run an Olympic race on Sunday ⓘ
winning the 400 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics ⓘ
medalIn 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form: 400 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics
memberOfSportsTeam Great Britain Olympic athletics team ⓘ
Scotland national rugby union team ⓘ
mother Mary Liddell ⓘ
name Eric Liddell self-link ⓘ
nickname The Flying Scotsman ⓘ
notableWork missionary work in China ⓘ
occupation rugby union player ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
participantIn Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics – athletics
placeOfBirth China ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
placeOfDeath China ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ
Weifang ⓘ
Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
positionHeld missionary ⓘ
positionPlayed wing three-quarter ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
representedBy Great Britain ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Rob Liddell ⓘ
sport athletics ⓘ
sprinting ⓘ
spouse Florence Mackenzie ⓘ
subjectOf biography "The Flying Scotsman" ⓘ
Chariots of Fire ⓘ
surface form: film "Chariots of Fire"
workLocation China ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
Xiaochang ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Summer Olympics 1924 → notableAthlete → Eric Liddell ⓘ
subject surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics
Chariots of Fire → mainCharacter → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Chariots of Fire → portrays → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Eric Liddell → name → Eric Liddell self-link ⓘ
Liddell → hasNotableBearer → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Weihsien Internment Camp → occupant → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Weihsien Internment Camp → notablePrisoner → Eric Liddell ⓘ
biography "The Flying Scotsman" → mainSubject → Eric Liddell ⓘ
subject surface form: The Flying Scotsman
biography "The Flying Scotsman" → about → Eric Liddell ⓘ
subject surface form: The Flying Scotsman
this entity surface form: Scottish Olympic gold medalist Eric Liddell
biography "The Flying Scotsman" → titleRefersTo → Eric Liddell ⓘ
subject surface form: The Flying Scotsman
this entity surface form: Eric Liddell’s nickname "The Flying Scotsman"
biography "The Flying Scotsman" → portrays → Eric Liddell ⓘ
subject surface form: The Flying Scotsman
this entity surface form: Eric Liddell as a devout Christian
The Flying Scotsman → appliesToPerson → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Rob Liddell → sibling → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Rob Liddell → relative → Eric Liddell ⓘ
James Dunlop Liddell → child → Eric Liddell ⓘ
James Dunlop Liddell → notableRelative → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Mary Liddell → child → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Mary Liddell → notableRelative → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh → namedAfter → Eric Liddell ⓘ
subject surface form: Eric Liddell Centre
Ian Charleson → portrayed → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Xiaochang → associatedWith → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Abrahams → mainSubject → Eric Liddell ⓘ
subject surface form: Chariots of Fire
Florence Mackenzie → spouse → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Eltham College → hasNotableAlumnus → Eric Liddell ⓘ
Eltham College → hasNotableAlumnus → Eric Liddell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric Liddell, Olympic champion
Eltham College → hasNotableAlumnus → Eric Liddell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric Liddell, 400 metres gold medallist at 1924 Olympics