Sylvanus Thayer
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Sylvanus Thayer was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and engineer known as the “Father of the Military Academy” for his transformative leadership of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sylvanus Thayer canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army officer
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engineer ⓘ human ⓘ military educator ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Braintree, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1785-06-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1872-09-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dartmouth College
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United States Military Academy ⓘ École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| endTime | 1833 ⓘ |
| familyName | Thayer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
engineering education
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fortification engineering ⓘ military education ⓘ |
| founded |
Thayer School of Engineering
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surface form:
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College
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| fullName | Sylvanus Thayer self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Sylvanus ⓘ |
| hasHonor |
Sylvanus Thayer Award
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surface form:
Thayer Award of the United States Military Academy named in his honor
Thayer Hall at the United States Military Academy named in his honor ⓘ |
| heritageOrEthnicity | American ⓘ |
| implemented |
honor code traditions at the United States Military Academy
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merit-based promotion system at the United States Military Academy ⓘ strict academic standards at the United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on engineering and mathematics in military training
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professionalizing officer education in the United States Army ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brevet Brigadier General ⓘ |
| nickname | Father of the Military Academy ⓘ |
| notableFor | transforming the United States Military Academy at West Point into a leading engineering and military school ⓘ |
| notableWork | Reorganization of the United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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educator ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Braintree, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Braintree, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Superintendent of the United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| residence |
Braintree, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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West Point, New York ⓘ |
| servedIn | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1817 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Norfolk, Virginia
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West Point, New York ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - 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.
Input
Subject: Sylvanus Thayer Description of subject: Sylvanus Thayer was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and engineer known as the “Father of the Military Academy” for his transformative leadership of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.