George Clinton
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 26 July 1739
- Died
- 20 April 1812
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Governor's speech
- A letter to John Lansing, Junior, Esquire, at present chancellor of the state of New-York
- General Orders
- To His Excellency George Clinton, Esquire, governor, and the other the Honourable members composing the Board, constituted by law for the temporary government of the southern district of the state
- Remarks on the manufacturing of maple sugar
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 310,742
- Total plays
- 2,051,712
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George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely considered one of the forefathers of funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981. He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and currently resides in Tallahassee, Florida. In Plainfield, he ran a barber salon, where he straightened hair, and soon formed a doo wop group, inspired by Frankie Lymon & th
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Clinton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- England
- Occupation
- naval officer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- War of the Austrian Succession
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Military rank
- captain
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- date of birth
- 1686-01-01
- date of death
- 1761-07-10
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
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