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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Articles with short description, British emigrants to the United States, Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball coaches, College men's basketball head coaches in the United States, YMCA leaders
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Naismith  James Naismith  Jim Naismith  Doc Naismith  Dr. James Naismith
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United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939) WordNet 3.0
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United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. Wikipedia
Canadian sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball Wikipedia Disambiguation
Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball Wikidata
IS A
educator
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
Corday-Morgan Prize
FIBA Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
COACH OF SPORTS TEAM
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
COUNTRY FOR SPORT
Canada
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
Canada
EDUCATED AT
Springfield College
McGill University
EMPLOYER
University of Kansas
McGill University
GIVEN NAME
James
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
OCCUPATION
writer
basketball coach
doctor
head coach
religious servant
PLACE OF BIRTH
Almonte
PLACE OF DEATH
Lawrence
RELIGION
Catholic Church in Moldova
SEX OR GENDER
male
SPORT
basketball
WRITING LANGUAGE
English
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Naismith, James Naismith
Wikipedia
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James Naismith
Wikidata
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James Naismith
Wikipedia Redirections
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Dr. James Naismith, James A. Naismith, James A Naismith, James Naismith, M.D., Jim Naismith, Naismith, James
Wikidata Alias
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Doc Naismith, James "Doc" Naismith, Narmal

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