Samuel Nicholas
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Samuel Nicholas was a Continental Marine officer who is traditionally recognized as the first leader of what would become the United States Marine Corps during the American Revolutionary War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samuel Nicholas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T559390 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Samuel Nicholas Context triple: [Commandant of the Marine Corps, firstHolder, Samuel Nicholas]
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William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Henry Havelock
Henry Havelock was a British general noted for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the relief of Lucknow.
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Nicholas Bayard
Nicholas Bayard was a prominent 17th-century New York colonial official and landowner, known for his influential role in early New Amsterdam politics and society.
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Sir John Parker
Sir John Parker is a prominent British industrialist and business leader known for his extensive career chairing major engineering and shipbuilding companies and influencing UK corporate governance.
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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Samuel Nicholas Target entity description: Samuel Nicholas was a Continental Marine officer who is traditionally recognized as the first leader of what would become the United States Marine Corps during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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B.
Henry Havelock
Henry Havelock was a British general noted for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the relief of Lucknow.
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C.
Nicholas Bayard
Nicholas Bayard was a prominent 17th-century New York colonial official and landowner, known for his influential role in early New Amsterdam politics and society.
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D.
Sir John Parker
Sir John Parker is a prominent British industrialist and business leader known for his extensive career chairing major engineering and shipbuilding companies and influencing UK corporate governance.
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E.
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Continental Marine officer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Friends Burial Ground, Philadelphia ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth | 1744 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1790 ⓘ |
| familyName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| hasHonoraryTitle | first Commandant of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| legacy | considered the first officer of the United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
United States Marine Corps
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Marines
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| militaryRank |
Captain
ⓘ
Major ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
commissioned as a captain of Continental Marines in November 1775
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led Continental Marines in early amphibious operations during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ organized the first Continental Marine companies in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first leader of what became the United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| occupation |
Quaker merchant
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military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| placeOfDeath |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| recognizedBy | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| religion | Quaker ⓘ |
| residence |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| serviceEnd | 1783 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1775 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Samuel Nicholas Description of subject: Samuel Nicholas was a Continental Marine officer who is traditionally recognized as the first leader of what would become the United States Marine Corps during the American Revolutionary War.
Referenced by (4)
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