William R. Davie

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American politician Founding Father of the United States human lawyer military officer

William R. Davie was a Revolutionary War officer, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and 10th governor of North Carolina who played a key role in founding the University of North Carolina.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → Founding Father of the United States → human → lawyer → military officer →
academicDegree	bachelor's degree →
burialPlace	Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1756-06-20 →
dateOfDeath	1820-11-29 →
educatedAt	College of New Jersey → Princeton University →
endTime	1799-11-07 →
familyName	Davie →
fieldOfStudy	law →
givenName	William →
hasPart	Landsford Plantation →
honorificEponym	Davie County, North Carolina → Davie Street in Raleigh, North Carolina → Davie, Florida →
memberOf	Federalist Party →
militaryBranch	Continental Army →
militaryRank	colonel →
nickname	Father of the University of North Carolina →
notableWork	founding of the University of North Carolina →
occupation	lawyer → military officer → politician →
ordinalInOffice	10 →
participantIn	Constitutional Convention of 1787 →
placeOfBirth	Egremont, Lancashire, England →
placeOfDeath	Landsford Plantation, Chester County, South Carolina →
positionHeld	Governor of North Carolina → delegate to the Constitutional Convention → member of the North Carolina House of Commons → trustee of the University of North Carolina →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Chester County, South Carolina → Halifax, North Carolina →
sexOrGender	male →
significantEvent	helped frame the Constitution of the United States → introduced legislation to establish the University of North Carolina →
spouse	Sarah Jones →
startTime	1798-12-07 →
workLocation	Halifax, North Carolina → North Carolina →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
North Carolina leaders →	includedLeader