Emily Davison

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Emily Davison was a prominent English suffragette best known for her militant activism for women's voting rights and her fatal protest at the 1913 Epsom Derby.

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Emily Davison canonical 3
Emily Wilding Davison 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
suffragette ⓘ
women's rights activist ⓘ
birthDate 1872-10-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Blackheath, London, England ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary's Churchyard, Morpeth, Northumberland, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath injuries from being struck by King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfCensusProtest 1911-04-02 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1913-06-04 ⓘ
deathDate 1913-06-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Epsom, Surrey, England ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Holloway College ⓘ
St Hugh's College, Oxford ⓘ
employer Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ
familyName Davison ⓘ
father Charles Davison ⓘ
fullName Emily Wilding Davison ⓘ
linked to: Emily Davison
givenName Emily ⓘ
hasGender female ⓘ
hasNotableArrest multiple arrests for suffragette activities ⓘ
hasSibling Charles Davison ⓘ
Flora Davison ⓘ
hasWork In Prison and Out ⓘ
The Price of Liberty ⓘ
The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement 1905–1910 (articles contributed) ⓘ
imprisonedAt Holloway Prison ⓘ
knownFor fatal protest at the 1913 Epsom Derby ⓘ
militant activism for women's suffrage ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Women's Social and Political Union ⓘ
mother Margaret Davison ⓘ
mottoOnGrave "Deeds not words" ⓘ
linked to: Deeds Not Words
movement women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableEvent threw herself in front of the king's horse Anmer at the 1913 Epsom Derby ⓘ
occupation governess ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
participantIn British women's suffrage campaign ⓘ
militant suffragette actions of the early 20th century ⓘ
placeOfEvent Epsom Downs Racecourse ⓘ
politicalAlignment suffragette ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
subjectOf film "Shoulder to Shoulder" (portrayal) ⓘ
numerous biographies and historical studies on the suffragette movement ⓘ
usedMethod civil disobedience ⓘ
hiding in the Palace of Westminster overnight to be counted in the 1911 census ⓘ
hunger strike ⓘ
property damage as political protest ⓘ

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

Emily Wilding Davison Building → namedAfter → Emily Wilding Davison ⓘ
linked to: Emily Davison
Emily Wilding Davison Building → dedicatedTo → Emily Wilding Davison ⓘ
linked to: Emily Davison
Emily Davison → fullName → Emily Wilding Davison ⓘ
linked to: Emily Davison
Brixton Prison → notableInmate → Emily Davison ⓘ