William Gaud

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William Gaud was a U.S. government official and former USAID administrator best known for popularizing the term "Green Revolution" to describe the rapid modernization and intensification of global agriculture in the mid-20th century.

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Generate an image of William Gaud (William Gaud was a U.S. government official and former USAID administrator best known for popularizing the term "Green Revolution" to describe the rapid modernization and intensification of global agriculture in the mid-20th century.)

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William Gaud canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government official ⓘ
administrator of the United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
human ⓘ
affiliatedWith United States Department of State ⓘ
coinedTerm Green Revolution ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1913-07-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-01-17 ⓘ
described rapid modernization and intensification of global agriculture as the "Green Revolution" ⓘ
educatedAt Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
University of Maryland School of Law ⓘ
employer United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
fieldOfWork agricultural development ⓘ
foreign aid ⓘ
international development ⓘ
genreOfActivity development policy ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
hasNationality American ⓘ
influenced development discourse on food security ⓘ
international agricultural policy ⓘ
knownFor leadership of USAID during the 1960s ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalEducation University of Maryland School of Law ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableFor popularizing the term "Green Revolution" ⓘ
promoting agricultural development in developing countries ⓘ
notableSpeech 1968 speech coining the term "Green Revolution" ⓘ
occupation government official ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States of America ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development ⓘ
practicedLawIn Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore
residence Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Baltimore

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
saidToBeTheOriginatorOf phrase "Green Revolution" ⓘ
linked to: Green Revolution
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Elizabeth Gaud ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Green Revolution → keyFigure → William Gaud ⓘ
Green Revolution → coinedBy → William Gaud ⓘ
Mary Elizabeth Gaud → spouse → William Gaud ⓘ