Terrel Bell

United States Secretary of Education (1921-1996)

Person human Q382517

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: November 11, 1921
Date of death: June 22, 1996
Place of birth: Lava Hot Springs
Place of death: Salt Lake City
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: politician, university teacher, educator
Employer: University of Utah, Utah State University^[12]^[13]
Position held: Commissioner of Education, United States Secretary of Education, designated survivor^[9]^[10]^[11]
Educated at: Albion State Normal School, University of Utah, University of Idaho^[14]^[15]^[16]
Member of political party: Republican Party^[18]
Cause of death: pulmonary fibrosis^[20]
Described by source: Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators^[24]
Family name: Bell^[22]
Manner of death: natural causes^[23]
Military branch: United States Marine Corps^[19]
Participated in conflict: World War II^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

en Terrel Bell en Terrel Howard Bell en Terrel H. Bell da Terrel H. Bell de Terrel Howard Bell de Terrel H. Bell es Terrel H. Bell fa ترل بل fr Terrel H. Bell it Terrel H. Bell ja テレル・H・ベル ja テレル・ハワード・ベル nl Terrel H. Bell ru Белл, Террел ru Террел Белл sv Terrel H. Bell zh 泰雷尔·贝尔 zh-hant 哈里·凱瑞 zh-hant 泰雷爾·貝爾

🔖 Identifiers · 30

ISNI: 0000000114797928
VIAF cluster ID: 108703575
Library of Congress authority ID: n50006794
GND ID: 118850164
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Portrait of Terrel Howard Bell Secretary of Education Me807-1.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID: 0901127
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 1110
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): 1110
FAST ID: 1727263
Find a Grave memorial ID: 23399033, 32026800
Freebase ID: /m/05m7xr
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000022043722122

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IdRef ID: 220521441
Libris-URI: xv8cjlgg5lg34xs
Munzinger person ID: 00000016502
NUKAT ID: n2007120700
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987013252598405171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2018L9642
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 072350415
Notable Names Database ID: 496/000167992
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 76794
PM20 folder ID: pe/001400
Political Graveyard politician ID: bell.html#696.01.20
Prabook ID: 815645
Quora topic ID: Terrel-Bell
SELIBR ID: 327614
SNAC ARK ID: w6z62d9b
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10582375
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqBwGqdFrDbbp6mWfMpT3
Yale LUX ID: person/1a9d6d51-1ccc-4406-9980-7893a68bb84c

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Occupation 3

politician, educator, university teacher

Educated at 2

University of Utah, University of Idaho

Employer 2

University of Utah, Utah State University

Position held 2

designated survivor, United States Secretary of Education

Cause of death 1

pulmonary fibrosis

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Bell

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of political party 1

Republican Party

Military branch 1

United States Marine Corps

Participated in conflict 1

World War II

Place of birth 1

Lava Hot Springs

Place of death 1

Salt Lake City

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Terrel Bell was born on November 11, 1921^[1], in Lava Hot Springs^[2]. He died on June 22, 1996^[3], in Salt Lake City^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5], university teacher^[6], and educator^[7].

FAQs

Where was Terrel Bell born?

Terrel Bell was born in Lava Hot Springs^[2].

Where did Terrel Bell die?

Terrel Bell passed away in Salt Lake City^[4].

What did Terrel Bell do for work?

Terrel Bell worked as a politician^[5], university teacher^[6], and educator^[7].

Where did Terrel Bell go to school?

Terrel Bell was educated at Albion State Normal School^[14], University of Utah^[15], and University of Idaho^[16].

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[2] ↑ Terrel Bell — place of birth (P19): Lava Hot Springs. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Terrel Bell — place of death (P20): Salt Lake City. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Terrel Bell — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Terrel Bell — country of citizenship (P27): United States. LIBRIS. Retrieved 2018-08-24. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Terrel Bell — position held (P39): Commissioner of Education. Retrieved 2021-12-29. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Terrel Bell — position held (P39): United States Secretary of Education. Retrieved 2021-12-29. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Terrel Bell — position held (P39): designated survivor. nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Terrel Bell — educated at (P69): Albion State Normal School. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Terrel Bell — educated at (P69): University of Utah. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Terrel Bell — educated at (P69): University of Idaho. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Terrel Bell — member of political party (P102): Republican Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Terrel Bell — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Terrel Bell — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Terrel Bell — occupation (P106): educator. Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Terrel Bell — employer (P108): University of Utah. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Terrel Bell — employer (P108): Utah State University. Retrieved 2019-07-04. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Terrel Bell — military branch (P241): United States Marine Corps. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Terrel Bell — cause of death (P509): pulmonary fibrosis. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Terrel Bell — date of birth (P569): November 11, 1921. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Terrel Bell — date of death (P570): June 22, 1996. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Terrel Bell — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Terrel Bell — family name (P734): Bell. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Terrel Bell — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Terrel Bell — described by source (P1343): Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. wikidata.org.

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