Georges Picquart
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Georges Picquart was a French army officer and whistleblower who exposed the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, playing a central role in the Dreyfus affair.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Georges Picquart canonical | 2 |
| Marie-Georges Picquart | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French army officer
ⓘ
human ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Légion d'honneur ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Montparnasse Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Cimetière du Montparnasse
Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | riding accident ⓘ |
| conflict |
Franco-Prussian War
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
World War I (early months, as minister)
|
| contributedTo | overturning the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1854-09-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1914-01-19 ⓘ |
| detainedBy | French military authorities ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
ⓘ
surface form:
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
École de Guerre ⓘ
surface form:
École Supérieure de Guerre
|
| employer |
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France
ⓘ
surface form:
French Ministry of War
|
| familyName | Picquart ⓘ |
| givenName | Georges ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| hasMoralCharacteristic |
courage
ⓘ
integrity ⓘ |
| involvedIn | exoneration campaign for Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
demonstrating that evidence against Alfred Dreyfus was forged
ⓘ
identifying Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy as the real author of the incriminating bordereau ⓘ |
| memberOf | French Army ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | French Army infantry ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| movement | French Third Republic politics ⓘ |
| notableFor | central role in the Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| notableWork | exposure of the wrongful conviction of Alfred Dreyfus ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opposedTo | antisemitism in the French Army ⓘ |
| participantIn | Dreyfus affair ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Alsace
ⓘ
France ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Amiens
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of War of France
ⓘ
deputy in the French Chamber of Deputies ⓘ head of the French Army’s intelligence section ⓘ |
| reasonForDetention | his efforts to reopen the Dreyfus case ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marie-Georges Picquart