Sir Henry Cole

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British civil servant cultural entrepreneur human inventor museum director

Sir Henry Cole was a 19th-century British civil servant and inventor best known for helping to organize the Great Exhibition of 1851 and for introducing the first commercial Christmas card.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Henry Cole	4
Sir Henry Cole canonical	1
Sir Henry Cole, British civil servant	1
Sir Henry Cole, British designer	1
Sir Henry Cole, civil servant	1
Sir Henry Cole, civil servant and inventor	1
Sir Henry Cole, founder of the Victoria and Albert Museum	1
Sir Henry Cole, museum director	1
Sir Henry Cole, organizer of the Great Exhibition	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British civil servant ⓘ cultural entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ museum director ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
collaboratedWith	John Callcott Horsley ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1808-07-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1882-04-18 ⓘ
designed	first commercial Christmas card ⓘ
educatedAt	Christ’s Hospital ⓘ surface form: Christ's Hospital
employer	Board of Trade of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Board of Trade The National Archives ⓘ surface form: Public Record Office
era	Victorian era ⓘ
fieldOfWork	industrial design ⓘ museum development ⓘ postal reform ⓘ public administration ⓘ
genre	administrative reform ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Sir ⓘ
influenced	development of art and design education in Britain ⓘ museum practice in the 19th century ⓘ
knownFor	Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ development of the Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ first commercial Christmas card ⓘ reform of the British postal system ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society of Arts ⓘ surface form: Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
name	Sir Henry Cole self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry Cole
notableWork	introduction of the first commercial Christmas card in 1843 ⓘ organization of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ designer ⓘ editor ⓘ inventor ⓘ museum director ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bath ⓘ England ⓘ Somerset ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London South Kensington ⓘ
positionHeld	Assistant Keeper of the Public Records ⓘ Superintendent of the Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ first director of the South Kensington Museum ⓘ organizer of international exhibitions ⓘ
workLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London South Kensington ⓘ