George Mason IV

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George Mason IV was an American Founding Father and influential Virginia statesman best known as the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and a key advocate for individual liberties.

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George Mason IV canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Founding Father of the United States
Virginia planter
human
authorOf Virginia Declaration of Rights NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1725-12-11
dateOfDeath 1792-10-07
educatedAt home schooling
ethnicGroup English American NERFINISHED
familyName Mason NERFINISHED
father George Mason III NERFINISHED
fullName George Mason IV NERFINISHED
givenName George NERFINISHED
hasPart large enslaved workforce on his plantations
influenced Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen NERFINISHED
United States Bill of Rights NERFINISHED
knownFor advocacy of individual liberties
opposition to ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights
principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
languageSpoken English
memberOf Virginia House of Burgesses NERFINISHED
Virginia Ratifying Convention NERFINISHED
mother Ann Thomson Mason NERFINISHED
namesake George Mason Memorial in Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
George Mason University NERFINISHED
notableWork Virginia Declaration of Rights NERFINISHED
occupation planter
politician
statesman
owned enslaved people
participantIn American Revolution era politics
Constitutional Convention of 1787 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED
Gunston Hall plantation NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Fairfax County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Gunston Hall plantation NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Anti-Federalist
positionHeld delegate to the Philadelphia Convention
delegate to the Virginia Convention
member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
reasonForRefusal absence of a bill of rights in the original Constitution
religion Anglicanism
residence Fairfax County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Gunston Hall NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
significantEvent refused to sign the United States Constitution in 1787
spouse Ann Eilbeck NERFINISHED

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- 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.
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Subject: George Mason IV
Description of subject: George Mason IV was an American Founding Father and influential Virginia statesman best known as the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and a key advocate for individual liberties.

Referenced by (2)

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

Gunston Hall notableResident George Mason IV
Thomson Mason relative George Mason IV