Emily Davison

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Emily Davison was a prominent English suffragette best known for her militant activism for women's voting rights and her fatal protest at the 1913 Epsom Derby.

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Emily Davison canonical 2
Emily Wilding Davison 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
suffragette ⓘ
women's rights activist ⓘ
birthDate 1872-10-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Blackheath, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary's Churchyard, Morpeth, Northumberland, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath injuries from being struck by King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfCensusProtest 1911-04-02 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1913-06-04 ⓘ
deathDate 1913-06-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Epsom, Surrey, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Holloway College NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Hugh's College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Women's Social and Political Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Davison NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Charles Davison NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Emily Wilding Davison NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Emily NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGender female ⓘ
hasNotableArrest multiple arrests for suffragette activities ⓘ
hasSibling Charles Davison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Flora Davison NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWork In Prison and Out NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Price of Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement 1905–1910 (articles contributed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
imprisonedAt Holloway Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor fatal protest at the 1913 Epsom Derby ⓘ
militant activism for women's suffrage ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Women's Social and Political Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Margaret Davison NERFINISHED ⓘ
mottoOnGrave "Deeds not words" NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableEvent threw herself in front of the king's horse Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby ⓘ
occupation governess ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
participantIn British women's suffrage campaign ⓘ
militant suffragette actions of the early 20th century ⓘ
placeOfEvent Epsom Downs Racecourse NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment suffragette ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
subjectOf film "Shoulder to Shoulder" (portrayal) NERFINISHED ⓘ
numerous biographies and historical studies on the suffragette movement ⓘ
usedMethod civil disobedience ⓘ
hiding in the Palace of Westminster overnight to be counted in the 1911 census ⓘ
hunger strike ⓘ
property damage as political protest ⓘ

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

Emily Wilding Davison Building library → namedAfter → Emily Davison ⓘ
subject surface form: Emily Wilding Davison Building
this entity surface form: Emily Wilding Davison
Emily Wilding Davison Building library → dedicatedTo → Emily Davison ⓘ
subject surface form: Emily Wilding Davison Building
this entity surface form: Emily Wilding Davison