Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Reginald Jeeves is a fictional character in a series of humorous short stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), being the highly-competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie Wooster. Created in 1915, Jeeves continued to appear in Wodehouse's work until his last completed novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen in 1974, a span of 59 years. The name \"Jeeves\" comes from Percy Jeeves (1888–1916), a Warwickshire cricketer killed in the First World War.Both the name \"Jeeves\" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a valet or butler, inspiring many similar characters (as well as the name of the Internet search engine Ask Jeeves). A \"Jeeves\" is now a generic term in references such as the Oxford English Dictionary.In a conversation with a policeman in \"Jeeves and the Kid Clementina\", Jeeves refers to himself as both a \"gentleman's personal gentleman\" and a \"personal gentleman's gentleman.\" This means that Jeeves is a valet, not a butler—that is, he serves a man and not a household. However, Bertie Wooster has lent out Jeeves as a butler on several occasions, and notes: \"If the call comes, he can buttle with the best of them.\""@en }
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- Jeeves abstract "Reginald Jeeves is a fictional character in a series of humorous short stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), being the highly-competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie Wooster. Created in 1915, Jeeves continued to appear in Wodehouse's work until his last completed novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen in 1974, a span of 59 years. The name \"Jeeves\" comes from Percy Jeeves (1888–1916), a Warwickshire cricketer killed in the First World War.Both the name \"Jeeves\" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a valet or butler, inspiring many similar characters (as well as the name of the Internet search engine Ask Jeeves). A \"Jeeves\" is now a generic term in references such as the Oxford English Dictionary.In a conversation with a policeman in \"Jeeves and the Kid Clementina\", Jeeves refers to himself as both a \"gentleman's personal gentleman\" and a \"personal gentleman's gentleman.\" This means that Jeeves is a valet, not a butler—that is, he serves a man and not a household. However, Bertie Wooster has lent out Jeeves as a butler on several occasions, and notes: \"If the call comes, he can buttle with the best of them.\"".