John Stafford Smith

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John Stafford Smith was an English composer best known for writing the melody that later became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."

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Generate an image of John Stafford Smith (John Stafford Smith was an English composer best known for writing the melody that later became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner.")

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John Stafford Smith canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choirboy ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
organist ⓘ
activeIn 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Chapel Royal, St James's Palace ⓘ
linked to: Chapel Royal

Gloucester Cathedral ⓘ
burialPlace Gloucester Cathedral ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
commemoratedBy memorial tablet in Gloucester Cathedral ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1750-03-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1836-09-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Chapel Royal ⓘ
Gloucester Cathedral choir school ⓘ
father Martin Smith ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre church music ⓘ
patriotic song ⓘ
hasLegacy melody adopted as United States national anthem ⓘ
hasMusicalRole composer of instrumental music ⓘ
composer of vocal music ⓘ
tenor ⓘ
hasNotableStudentOrAssociate members of the Anacreontic Society ⓘ
hasPartInDiscography English cathedral music repertoire ⓘ
influencedWork The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
knownFor composing the melody later used for "The Star-Spangled Banner" ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Anacreontic Society ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
English ⓘ
notableWork The Anacreontic Song ⓘ
To Anacreon in Heaven ⓘ
occupation church musician ⓘ
composer ⓘ
organist ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Gloucester ⓘ
Gloucestershire ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Gentleman of the Chapel Royal ⓘ
organist at the Chapel Royal ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
workLocation Gloucester ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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

The Star-Spangled Banner → composedBy → John Stafford Smith ⓘ
To Anacreon in Heaven → composer → John Stafford Smith ⓘ
Martin Smith → father → John Stafford Smith ⓘ
The Star-Spangled Banner → musicBy → John Stafford Smith ⓘ
subject linked to: United States national anthem
To Anacreon in Heaven → musicBy → John Stafford Smith ⓘ
subject linked to: United States national anthem