Horatio Nelson

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British admiral human naval commander

Horatio Nelson was a renowned British admiral celebrated for his decisive naval victories against France and his leadership during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Admiral Horatio Nelson 3
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson 3
1st Viscount Nelson 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval commander ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
awarded Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Crescent ⓘ
birthDate 1758-09-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral, London
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
child Horatia Nelson ⓘ
commemoratedBy Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American War of Independence

French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1805-10-21 ⓘ
deathPlace HMS Victory, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain ⓘ
education Royal Navy midshipman training ⓘ
enteredServiceYear 1771 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
familyName Nelson ⓘ
famousQuotation England expects that every man will do his duty ⓘ
father Edmund Nelson ⓘ
fullName Horatio Nelson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
givenName Horatio ⓘ
honorificTitle Baron Nelson ⓘ
Horatio Nelson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Viscount Nelson
injury blind in right eye ⓘ
lost right arm ⓘ
killedInAction Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
knownFor innovative naval tactics ⓘ
inspirational leadership ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
Vice Admiral ⓘ
mother Catherine Suckling ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ
Battle of Copenhagen ⓘ
Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
Battle of the Nile ⓘ
notableFor British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
partner Emma Hamilton ⓘ
spouse Frances Nelson ⓘ
Frances Nisbet ⓘ
titleHeld Duke of Bronté ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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

Edward Berry → servedUnder → Horatio Nelson ⓘ
HMS Orion → servedUnder → Horatio Nelson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiral Horatio Nelson
Napoleonic Wars → significantCommander → Horatio Nelson ⓘ
Baron Nelson → titleHolder → Horatio Nelson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Robert Southey → wroteAbout → Horatio Nelson ⓘ