The Flying Scotsman

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The Flying Scotsman was the nickname of Eric Liddell, the Scottish Olympic gold medalist sprinter and Christian missionary whose life inspired the film "Chariots of Fire."

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The Flying Scotsman canonical 3

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary ⓘ
Olympic athlete ⓘ
human ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
sprinter ⓘ
appliesToPerson Eric Liddell ⓘ
awardReceived Olympic bronze medal ⓘ
Olympic gold medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain tumor ⓘ
competedIn 1920 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-01-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-02-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Eltham College ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
event 100 metres ⓘ
200 metres ⓘ
400 metres ⓘ
familyName Liddell ⓘ
givenName Eric ⓘ
knownFor being the inspiration for the film "Chariots of Fire" ⓘ
refusing to run an Olympic heat on Sunday for religious reasons ⓘ
medalInEvent bronze medal in 200 metres at 1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ
gold medal in 400 metres at 1924 Summer Olympics ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Scotland national rugby union team ⓘ
nickname The Flying Scotsman ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation missionary ⓘ
rugby union player ⓘ
sprinter ⓘ
parent James Dunlop Liddell ⓘ
Mary Liddell ⓘ
placeOfBirth China ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
placeOfDeath China ⓘ
Shandong ⓘ
Weifang ⓘ
Weihsien Internment Camp ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousDenomination Presbyterian ⓘ
representedByTeam Great Britain at the Olympics ⓘ
linked to: Team GB
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport athletics ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
spouse Florence Mackenzie ⓘ
subjectOf biographies about Eric Liddell ⓘ
film "Chariots of Fire" ⓘ
linked to: Chariots of Fire
workedAsMissionaryIn China ⓘ

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Eric Liddell → nickname → The Flying Scotsman ⓘ
Eric Liddell → nickname → The Flying Scotsman ⓘ
subject linked to: The Flying Scotsman
John Byrne → notableWork → The Flying Scotsman ⓘ