Grace Darling

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Grace Darling was a 19th-century English lighthouse keeper’s daughter famed for her heroic 1838 sea rescue off the Northumberland coast, which made her a national heroine.

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Grace Darling canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English heroine ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver medal for gallantry ⓘ
linked to: RNLI Silver Medal
burialPlace St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
commemoratedBy Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh ⓘ
annual memorial services in Bamburgh ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1815-11-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1842-10-20 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1838-09-07 ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Darling ⓘ
father William Darling ⓘ
givenName Grace ⓘ
hasLegacy icon of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) ⓘ
symbol of Victorian female heroism ⓘ
hasMonument Grace Darling Monument, St Aidan's Churchyard, Bamburgh ⓘ
hasStatue Grace Darling statue in St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh ⓘ
Grace Darling statue in St Cuthbert's Chapel, Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
inspiredWork ballads and poems about the Forfarshire rescue ⓘ
biographical books about her life ⓘ
knownFor heroic sea rescue of survivors from the Forfarshire shipwreck ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive coverage in British newspapers after the 1838 rescue ⓘ
mother Thomasin Darling ⓘ
linked to: Thomasin
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableEvent rescue of Forfarshire survivors ⓘ
notableRelative William Darling (lighthouse keeper of Longstone Lighthouse) ⓘ
notableWork participation in the 1838 Forfarshire rescue ⓘ
numberOfPeopleRescued 9 ⓘ
occupation lighthouse keeper's daughter ⓘ
partnerInRescue William Darling ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bamburgh, Northumberland, England ⓘ
linked to: Bamburgh
placeOfDeath Bamburgh, Northumberland, England ⓘ
linked to: Bamburgh
placeOfEvent off the Northumberland coast near the Farne Islands ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Brownsman Island, Farne Islands, Northumberland ⓘ
linked to: Farne Islands

Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands, Northumberland ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling George Darling ⓘ
Isabella Darling ⓘ
Janet Darling ⓘ
Robert Darling ⓘ
Thomas Darling ⓘ
Thomasin Darling (younger) ⓘ
William Brooks Darling ⓘ
victimRescuedFrom SS Forfarshire ⓘ

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

Longstone → associatedWith → Grace Darling ⓘ
Longstone → hasNotablePersonAssociation → Grace Darling ⓘ
Longstone Lighthouse → associatedWith → Grace Darling ⓘ