A. Berriedale Keith

Scottish lawyer and Indologist (1879-1944)

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Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[19]
Date of birth: April 5, 1879
Date of death: October 6, 1944
Place of birth: Edinburgh
Place of death: Edinburgh
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[10]^[11]
Occupation: linguist, historian, translator, university teacher, philologist, Indologist, jurist^[12]^[13]
Employer: University of Edinburgh^[14]
Educated at: Balliol College, University of Edinburgh, Royal High School^[15]^[16]^[17]
Sibling: William Keith^[25]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[23]
Different from: Arthur Keith^[24]
Family name: Keith^[20]
Given name: Arthur^[21]
Member of: American Philosophical Society^[18]
Professorship: Regius Professor of South Asian Languages^[22]
Writing language: English^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

en A. Berriedale Keith en Arthur Berriedale Keith fa آرتور بریدیل کیت he ארתור ברידייל קית hi ए॰बी॰ कीथ it A. Berriedale Keith pt Arthur Berriedale Keith ru A. B. Keith ru Артур Берридейл Кит ru Кийт, Артур Берридейл ru Кит, Артур Берридейл

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ISNI: 0000000121224079
VIAF cluster ID: 17293531
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n50046783
GND ID: 119086794
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 86987
American Academy in Rome ID: 12411482
BHCL UUID: 312784a1-b32a-4fde-869b-36bf8b19a418
BIBSYS ID: 90321811
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): KeithArthurBerriedale1879-1944
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12327697x
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12076982
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216498289664

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IdRef ID: 032200382
IxTheo authority ID: 079879330
J9U entity ID: 987007275934005171
KBR person ID: 16929756
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119086794
Lex ID: A.B._Keith, Arthur_Berriedale_Keith
Libraries Australia ID: 35263768
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NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA00536135
NL CR AUT ID: jx20061209041
NLA Trove people ID: 888135
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000745105
NSK ID: 981005744745709366
NUKAT ID: n97000519
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National Library of Portugal ID: 121880
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1330056
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp136616
National Virtual Library of India ID: 762k (171k–786k, n=12)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 068882165
Online Books Page author ID: Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1879-1944
Open Library ID: OL10417A
OpenMLOL author ID: 174227
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 34258
Parsifal cluster ID: 289978
Persons of Indian Studies ID: 3421
Pontifical Urbaniana University ID: 124580
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SELIBR ID: 193175
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Occupation 4

historian, translator, linguist, university teacher

Country of citizenship 2

United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Educated at 2

University of Edinburgh, Balliol College

Different from 1

Arthur Keith

Employer 1

University of Edinburgh

Family name 1

Keith

Given name 1

Arthur

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of 1

American Philosophical Society

Place of birth 1

Edinburgh

Place of death 1

Edinburgh

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

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Arthur Keith

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Summary

A. Berriedale Keith was born on April 5, 1879^[1], in Edinburgh^[2]. He died on October 6, 1944^[3], in Edinburgh^[4]. He worked as a linguist^[5], historian^[6], translator^[7], university teacher^[8], and philologist^[9].

FAQs

Where was A. Berriedale Keith born?

A. Berriedale Keith was born in Edinburgh^[2].

Where did A. Berriedale Keith die?

A. Berriedale Keith passed away in Edinburgh^[4].

What did A. Berriedale Keith do for work?

A. Berriedale Keith worked as a linguist^[5], historian^[6], translator^[7], university teacher^[8], and philologist^[9].

Where did A. Berriedale Keith go to school?

A. Berriedale Keith was educated at Balliol College^[15], University of Edinburgh^[16], and Royal High School^[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — place of birth (P19): Edinburgh. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2026-11-09. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — place of death (P20): Edinburgh. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — educated at (P69): Balliol College. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — educated at (P69): University of Edinburgh. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — educated at (P69): Royal High School. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — occupation (P106): linguist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — occupation (P106): historian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — occupation (P106): translator. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — occupation (P106): university teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — occupation (P106): philologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — occupation (P106): Indologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — occupation (P106): jurist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — employer (P108): University of Edinburgh. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — member of (P463): American Philosophical Society. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — date of birth (P569): April 5, 1879. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-03. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — date of death (P570): October 6, 1944. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-03. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — family name (P734): Keith. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — given name (P735): Arthur. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — professorship (P803): Regius Professor of South Asian Languages. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — different from (P1889): Arthur Keith. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — sibling (P3373): William Keith. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ A. Berriedale Keith — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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5d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Lex ID → A.B._Keith, Arthur_Berriedale_Keith

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Project Gutenberg author ID → 57436

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Professorship → Regius Professor of South Asian Languages

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Pontifical Urbaniana University ID → 124580

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