Sir Benjamin Hall (popular attribution)
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Sir Benjamin Hall is a 19th-century British politician and Commissioner of Works popularly (though likely apocryphally) credited as the namesake of London’s famous bell, Big Ben.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Benjamin Hall (popular attribution) canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British politician
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Commissioner of Works ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Big Ben
NERFINISHED
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Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| employer | Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public works
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urban infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasPartInNarrative | apocryphal story that Big Ben was named after him ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Welsh origin ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFact | often, but not certainly, regarded as the person after whom Big Ben was named ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popular attribution as namesake of the bell Big Ben
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role in public works in London ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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politician ⓘ |
| partOf | British political history ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Baronet
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Commissioner of Works ⓘ Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | Baronet ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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