Henry James Sr.

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Henry James Sr. was a 19th-century American theologian and Swedenborgian philosopher, best known as the intellectually influential father of novelist Henry James and psychologist William James.

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Label Occurrences
Henry James Sr. canonical 22
Henry James Jr. 2
Henry James (1811–1882) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American
Swedenborgian philosopher
human
philosopher
theologian
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1811-06-03
dateOfDeath 1882-12-18
educatedAt Union College
familyName James
fatherOf Alice James
Henry James
William James
fieldOfWork Swedenborgian studies
religious philosophy
theology
gender male
givenName Henry
hasChild Alice James
Henry James
William James
influenced Henry James
William James
influencedBy Emanuel Swedenborg
Thomas Carlyle
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Swedenborgianism
name Henry James Sr. self-link
notableFor being the father of novelist Henry James
being the father of psychologist William James
popularizing Swedenborgian ideas in 19th-century America
notableWork Moralism and Christianity
Society the Redeemed Form of Man
Substance and Shadow
The Nature of Evil
occupation philosopher
theologian
placeOfBirth Albany
surface form: Albany, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts
surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
religiousBelief Christianity
Swedenborgianism
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts
New York City
spouse Mary Walsh James

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Henry James Sr.
Description of subject: Henry James Sr. was a 19th-century American theologian and Swedenborgian philosopher, best known as the intellectually influential father of novelist Henry James and psychologist William James.

Referenced by (25)

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

Henry James father Henry James Sr.
Henry James uncle Henry James Sr.
this entity surface form: Henry James (1811–1882)
William James father Henry James Sr.
Henry James Sr. name Henry James Sr. self-link
Alice James father Henry James Sr.
Mary Walsh James spouse Henry James Sr.
Mary Walsh James notableRelative Henry James Sr.
Alice Howe Gibbens relativeByMarriage Henry James Sr.
Moralism and Christianity author Henry James Sr.
Moralism and Christianity hasAuthorFatherOf Henry James Sr.
this entity surface form: Henry James Jr.
Moralism and Christianity workOf Henry James Sr.
Substance and Shadow author Henry James Sr.
Substance and Shadow creator Henry James Sr.
Substance and Shadow workOfAuthor Henry James Sr.
Society the Redeemed Form of Man author Henry James Sr.
Society the Redeemed Form of Man workOf Henry James Sr.
The Nature of Evil author Henry James Sr.
The Nature of Evil hasAuthorFatherOf Henry James Sr.
this entity surface form: Henry James Jr.
The Nature of Evil workOfAuthor Henry James Sr.
James family notableMember Henry James Sr.
James family hasFamilyHead Henry James Sr.
James family spouse Henry James Sr.
subject surface form: Mary Walsh James
James family father Henry James Sr.
subject surface form: Henry James
James family father Henry James Sr.
subject surface form: William James
James family father Henry James Sr.
subject surface form: Alice James