William Clark

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explorer human soldier territorial governor

William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, and territorial governor best known as the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.

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instanceOf explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
territorial governor ⓘ
appointedBy Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
coLeaderOf Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1770-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1838-09-01 ⓘ
educatedAt home schooling ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Clark ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasMonument Jefferson National Expansion Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Gateway Arch National Park (commemorative)
knownFor exploration of the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
leadership in Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
mapping the American West ⓘ
memberOf Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
territorial governor ⓘ
partnerInExplorationWith Meriwether Lewis ⓘ
placeOfBirth Caroline County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
placeOfBurial Bellefontaine Cemetery ⓘ
placeOfDeath St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
positionHeld Governor of Missouri Territory ⓘ
Superintendent of Indian Affairs ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
servedIn Northwest Indian War ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling George Rogers Clark ⓘ
spouse Harriet Kennerly Radford ⓘ
Julia Hancock ⓘ

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

Sacagawea → associatedWith → William Clark ⓘ
Meriwether Lewis → expeditionPartner → William Clark ⓘ
subject surface form: Paducah, Kentucky
George Rogers Clark → notableRelative → William Clark ⓘ
George Rogers Clark → sibling → William Clark ⓘ