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Sequoyah
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Sequoyah ( ; , , or , , ; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.
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Sequoyah (1770–1843) was a male inventor, silversmith, linguist, and blacksmith who held United States citizenship. His primary field of work involved linguistics and the development of the Cherokee syllabary. He spoke Cherokee as his native language and resided in Alabama, Pope County, Fort Smith, and Mexico. His name in the Cherokee language is written as ᏍᏏᏉᏯ.
Sequoyah is credited with the creation of the Cherokee alphabet. He died on August 1, 1843, in Zaragoza Municipality.
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Key facts
- Person.native_name
- /
- Person.native_name_lang
- Cherokee
- Person.image
- Henry Inman - Sequoyah - Google Art Project.jpg
- Person.caption
- Portrait of Sequoyah by Henry Inman
- Person.birth_date
- 1770
- Person.birth_place
- Tuskegee, Cherokee Nation(part of modern-day Monroe County, Tennessee)
- Person.death_place
- San Fernando de Rosa, Coahuila, Mexico(near present-day Zaragoza, Coahuila, Mexico)
- Person.other_names
- George Guess, George Gist
- Person.children
- 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Zaragoza Municipality
- Occupation
- trader
- Languages spoken
- Cherokee
- Native language
- Cherokee
- Field of work
- linguistics
- Image
- Sequoyah.jpg
- Residence
- Mexico
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- Commons category
- Sequoyah
- date of death
- 1843-08-01
- date of birth
- 1770-00-00
- name in native language
- ᏍᏏᏉᏯ
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