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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

American World War II pilot, first African-American U.S. Air Force general (1912–2002)

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Born: 1912-12-18
Died: 2002-07-04
Works: 0

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1925-12-08
Active to: 1990-05-16

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
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STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,579x

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1912 births 2002 deaths 21st-century African-American military personnel American recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)Aviators from Washington, D.C.Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Case Western Reserve University alumni Military personnel from Washington, D.C.Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)

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Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

· 2005 · cited 47,753x

Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology

· 1989 · cited 43,374x

<tt>edgeR</tt> : a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data

· 2009 · cited 38,988x

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Key dates

Born: 18 December 1912
Died: 4 July 2002

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Benjamin
Family name: Davis
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Washington, D.C.
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Father: Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.
Occupation: aircraft pilot
Educated at: University of Chicago
Employer: United States Department of Transportation
Conflict: Korean War
Military branch: United States Air Force
Military rank: general
Image: Benjamindavis.jpg

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P1050: Alzheimer's disease
P463: Tuskegee Airmen
P598: Thirteenth Air Force
P509: Alzheimer's disease
P119: Arlington National Cemetery
P1343: 100 Greatest African Americans
P1196: natural causes
P485: National Air and Space Museum

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