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birthDate
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1766-07-20
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birthPlace
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Broomhall House, Fife
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birthPlace
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Scotland
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burialPlace
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Fife
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burialPlace
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St John’s Church, Broomhall
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countryOfCitizenship
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Kingdom of Great Britain
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deathDate
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1841-11-14
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deathPlace
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France
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deathPlace
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Paris
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educatedAt
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Harrow School
NERFINISHED
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educatedAt
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Lausanne
NERFINISHED
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educatedAt
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Paris
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educatedAt
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University of St Andrews
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surface form:
St Andrews University
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educatedAt
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Westminster School
NERFINISHED
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employer
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UK government
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surface form:
British government
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endTime
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1803
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ethnicGroup
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Scottish
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familyName
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Bruce
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givenName
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Thomas
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instanceOf
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Scottish nobleman
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instanceOf
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diplomat
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instanceOf
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human
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knownFor
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acquisition of classical Greek antiquities
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knownFor
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controversial removal of sculptures from the Parthenon
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memberOf
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House of Lords
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militaryBranch
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British Army
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militaryRank
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colonel
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nobleFamily
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Bruce family
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nobleTitle
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Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
7th Earl of Elgin
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notableWork
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removal of the Parthenon sculptures
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notableWork
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transport of the Elgin Marbles to Britain
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objectSold
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Parthenon sculptures
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surface form:
Parthenon sculptures (Elgin Marbles)
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parent
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Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin
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parliamentaryInvolvement
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gave evidence to a parliamentary committee on the Elgin Marbles in 1816
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patronage
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artists and architects documenting the Acropolis
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positionHeld
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British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
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residence
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Broomhall House, Fife
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surface form:
Broomhall House
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residence
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London, England
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surface form:
London
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saleDate
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1816
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sibling
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William Robert Bruce
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soldTo
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British Museum
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spouse
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Elizabeth Oswald
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spouse
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Mary Nisbet
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startTime
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1799
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subjectOf
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debate over repatriation of the Elgin Marbles
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workLocation
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Istanbul
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surface form:
Constantinople
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workLocation
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Ottoman Empire
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