James Bowdoin

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governor human politician scholar

James Bowdoin was an 18th-century American political leader, scholar, and governor of Massachusetts who played a key role in the intellectual and civic life of the early United States.

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Label Occurrences
James Bowdoin canonical 7
James Bowdoin III 5
Governor James Bowdoin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
child James Bowdoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Bowdoin III
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1726-08-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1790-11-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College
ethnicGroup Great Migration of Puritans ⓘ
surface form: New England colonists
familyName Bowdoin College ⓘ
surface form: Bowdoin
fieldOfWork mathematics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
honoredIn Bowdoin College ⓘ
knownFor contributions to early American science ⓘ
leadership during Shays’ Rebellion ⓘ
role in founding the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
serving as Governor of Massachusetts after the American Revolution ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
namesake Bowdoin College ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork political essays on the American Revolution ⓘ
reports on Shays’ Rebellion ⓘ
scientific correspondence with Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
writings on electricity and natural philosophy ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
politician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

Shays’ Rebellion (as state leader) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
politicalAlignment Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Council ⓘ
President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Erving ⓘ
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences → foundedBy → James Bowdoin ⓘ
James Bowdoin → child → James Bowdoin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bowdoin III
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts → coAuthor → James Bowdoin ⓘ
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts → draftedBy → James Bowdoin ⓘ
Bowdoin College → founder → James Bowdoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bowdoin III
Bowdoin College → namedAfter → James Bowdoin ⓘ
Elizabeth Erving → spouse → James Bowdoin ⓘ
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780 → hasParticipant → James Bowdoin ⓘ
Bowdoin family → notableMember → James Bowdoin ⓘ
Bowdoin family → notableMember → James Bowdoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bowdoin II
Bowdoin family → notableMember → James Bowdoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bowdoin III
Bowdoin family → namedAfter → James Bowdoin ⓘ
subject surface form: Bowdoin College
this entity surface form: James Bowdoin III
Bowdoin family → foundingBenefactor → James Bowdoin ⓘ
subject surface form: Bowdoin College
this entity surface form: James Bowdoin III
Shays' Rebellion → opponent → James Bowdoin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor James Bowdoin