Moses Cleaveland

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American politician human lawyer surveyor

Moses Cleaveland was an American surveyor, lawyer, and politician best known for leading the expedition that established the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1796.

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Moses Cleaveland canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
birthDate 1754-01-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Canterbury, Connecticut Colony ⓘ
burialPlace Cemetery in Canterbury, Connecticut ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1806-11-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Canterbury, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
educatedAt Litchfield Law School ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
expeditionYear 1796 ⓘ
familyName Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleaveland
fieldOfWork land surveying ⓘ
law ⓘ
founderOf Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
givenName Moses ⓘ
hasCanonicalName Moses Cleaveland self-link ⓘ
hasPartIn survey of the Western Reserve ⓘ
memberOf Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ
Connecticut militia ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
namesakeOf Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: City of Cleveland
notableFor leading the expedition that founded Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
notableWork planning the original town plat of Cleveland ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
positionHeld agent of the Connecticut Land Company ⓘ
director of the Connecticut Land Company ⓘ
regionOfActivity Connecticut ⓘ
Northeastern Ohio ⓘ
surface form: Western Reserve, Ohio
representedIn Connecticut General Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Connecticut legislature
residence Canterbury, Connecticut ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Esther Champion ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
workedFor Connecticut Land Company ⓘ

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

Cleveland → foundedBy → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Cleveland → namedAfter → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Cleveland → hasNotableBearer → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Moses Cleaveland → hasCanonicalName → Moses Cleaveland self-link ⓘ
Cleveland, Ohio, United States → founder → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Cleveland, Ohio, United States → namedAfter → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Public Square (Cleveland) → foundedBy → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Canterbury, Connecticut Colony → hasNotableResident → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Canterbury, Connecticut Colony → birthplaceOf → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Connecticut Land Company → notableInvestor → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Connecticut Land Company → organizedBy → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Connecticut Land Company → surveyedBy → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Esther Champion → spouse → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ
Connecticut Western Reserve → surveyedBy → Moses Cleaveland ⓘ