Chester W. Nimitz
United States Navy fleet admiral (1885–1966)
Facts
31 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- February 24, 1885
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Place of birth
- Fredericksburg
- Place of death
- Yerba Buena Island
- Country of citizenship
- United States[10]
- Ethnic group
- Texas Germans[11]
- Occupation
- naval officer, admiral, soldier
- Position held
- High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Chief of Naval Operations[12][13]
- Educated at
- Naval War College, United States Naval Academy, Warren Local High School, Tivy High School[14][15][16][17]
- Award received
- Officer of the Legion of Honour, Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Order of the Liberator General San Martín, Distinguished Service Medal, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of Orange-Nassau, Military Order of Italy, Order of George I, National Order of Merit Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Order of Naval Merit, World War I Victory Medal (United States), Philippine Liberation Medal[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Artist files at
- Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
- Commander of (DEPRECATED)
- USS Chicago, United States Pacific Fleet[40][41]
- Described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
- End of work period
- 1947
- Manner of death
- natural causes[53]
- Member of
- Sons of the Republic of Texas[32]
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- Military branch
- United States Navy[34]
- Military, police or special rank
- fleet admiral, admiral, rear admiral, captain[35][36][37][38]
- Name in native language
- Chester William Nimitz
- Participated in conflict
- World War I, World War II, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, Solomon Islands Campaign, Battle of the Philippine Sea, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of Okinawa[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
- Place of burial
- Golden Gate National Cemetery[8]
- Significant event
- posthumous birth[52]
- Start of work period
- 1905
🏷️ Also known as
en Chester William Nimitz
en Chester W. Nimitz
en Chester Nimitz
en Admiral Chester William Nimitz
en Chester William Nimitz, Sr.
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ar تشيستر دبليو. نيمتز
ar تشيستر نيمتز
cs Chester W. Nimitz
cs Chester William Nimitz
da Chester W. Nimitz
de Chester Nimitz
de Chester William Nimitz
es Chester W Nimitz
es Chester William Nimitz
es Chester W. Nimitz
fa چستر نیمیتز
fi Chester Nimitz
fi Chester William Nimitz
fr Chester W. Nimitz
🔖 Identifiers · 80
- ISNI
- 0000000109964453
- VIAF cluster ID
- 85805357
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n86125368
- GND ID
- 13811949X
- Alexander Turnbull Library ID
- 131625
- American National Biography ID
- 0600474
- Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
- 151060926
- Archives at Yale agent ID
- people/73471
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
- chester-william-nimitz
- Atomic Heritage Foundation ID
- chester-w-nimitz
- BabelNet ID
- 00001444n
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 11572666p
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- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- nimitz-chester-william
- CANTIC ID
- 981058617550706706
- CONOR.SI ID
- 108816483
- CiNii Research ID
- 1140845216624763520
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- 13811949X
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 13811949X
- Dodis ID
- P13768
- Dreadnought Project page
- Chester_William_Nimitz
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
- 157149
- Encyclopedia of the Great Plains ID
- war.031
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Chester-W-Nimitz
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- chester-william-nimitz
- FAST ID
- 189164
- Fandom article ID
- cs.historika:Chester_William_Nimitz
- Film.ru person ID
- chester-w-nimitz
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 2153
- Freebase ID
- /m/0f61h
- Geni profile ID
- 6000000012906462611
- Goodreads author ID
- 3349695
- Google Arts & Culture entity ID
- m0f61h
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- chester-william-nimitz
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0046113
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Chester_William_Nimitz
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 2663955
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
- nimits-chester-uil-iam-3d56ad
- Handbook of Texas ID
- fni05
- Harper's tag
- chester-w-chester-william-nimitz
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 43862
- IMDb ID
- nm0632359
- IdRef ID
- 073097810
- Interlingual Index ID
- i96410
- J9U entity ID
- 987007456394005171
- Jewish Virtual Library ID
- chester-nimitz
- Kinobox person ID
- 892109
- Lex ID
- Chester_W._Nimitz
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
- 04422/eu_n_0830/n0830
- Munzinger person ID
- 00000001498
- NACSIS-CAT author ID
- DA04300196
- NDL Authority ID
- 00451374
- NE.se ID
- chester-w-nimitz
- NL CR AUT ID
- xx0077011
- NLA Trove people ID
- 1159451
- NLP ID
- a0000001652481
- NNDB people ID
- 972/000024900
- NUKAT ID
- n97035652
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810680800205606
- National Virtual Library of India ID
- 249750
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 070852308
- Obálky knih ID
- xx0077011
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3947803
- Open Library ID
- OL2205229A
- Open Library subject ID
- person:chester_w._nimitz_(1885-1966), nimitz_chester_william_1885-1966, nimitz_chester_w._(chester_william)_1885-1966, person:chester_william_nimitz_(1885-1966)
- Our Campaigns candidate ID
- 179341
- Oxford Reference overview ID
- 20110803100234953
- PM20 folder ID
- pe/022603
- Quora topic ID
- Chester-W-Nimitz
- Rodovid ID
- 270287
- Roglo person ID
- p=chester;n=nimitz
- Topic's main category
- Category:Chester Nimitz
- TracesOfWar person ID
- 73694
- Trading Card Database name ID
- 42773
- Treccani ID
- chester-william-nimitz
- U.S. National Archives Identifier
- 10571345
- WikiTree person ID
- Nimitz-5
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 11227919-n
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJrm7pGfdmvmTHTKRvcHG3
- Yale LUX ID
- person/798d37c6-82db-4ff0-bc48-59f2345738e1
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Military, police or special rank 3
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Named after 2
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Cause of death 1
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Instance of 1
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Manner of death 1
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Occupation 1
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Place of burial 1
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Summary
Chester W. Nimitz was born on February 24, 1885[1], in Fredericksburg[2]. He died on February 20, 1966[3], in Yerba Buena Island[4]. He worked as a naval officer[5], admiral[6], and soldier[7].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Chester W. Nimitz include USS Nimitz[54], a supercarrier[55] and Nimitz Glacier[56], a glacier[57].
Why It Matters
Entities named for him include USS Nimitz[54], a supercarrier[55] and Nimitz Glacier[56], a glacier[57].
FAQs
Where was Chester W. Nimitz born?
Chester W. Nimitz's place of birth was Fredericksburg[2].
Where did Chester W. Nimitz die?
Chester W. Nimitz died in Yerba Buena Island[4].
What did Chester W. Nimitz do for work?
Chester W. Nimitz worked as a naval officer[5], admiral[6], and soldier[7].
Where did Chester W. Nimitz go to school?
Chester W. Nimitz was educated at Naval War College[14], United States Naval Academy[15], Warren Local High School[16], and Tivy High School[17].
What awards did Chester W. Nimitz receive?
Honors received include Officer of the Legion of Honour[18], Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath[19], Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown[20], and World War II Victory Medal[21].