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Abraham Cowley

British writer (1618–1667)
Person human Q329896
Abraham Cowley
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
1618
Date of death
July 28, 1667, 1667[10]
Place of birth
City of London
Place of death
Chertsey
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of England[12]
Occupation
poet, essayist, playwright, prose writer, writer
Field of work
literature, poetry[13][14]
Educated at
Trinity College, Westminster School[15][16]
Genre
drama, essay[18][19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Depicted by
Abraham Cowley[22]
Described by source
Svensk uppslagsbok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Dictionary of Literary Biography, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Family name
Cowley[20]
Given name
Abraham[21]
P14536
377091
P14608
118677187
P14977
RETE023890
Place of burial
Westminster Abbey[11]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Abraham Cowley ar أبراهام كاولي cs Abraham Covleius cs Abraham Cowly cs Abrahamus Couleius cs A. C. cs Cowley cs Francis Cole cs Abrahamus Coulejus cs Abraham Couleius es Abraham cowley fa ابرهام کولی he אברהם קאולי he אברהם קולי ja エイブラハム・カウリー ru Абрахам Каули ru Абрахам Коули ru Каули Абрахам ru Каули, Абрахам ru Коули
🔖 Identifiers · 97
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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American Academy in Rome ID
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Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
cowley-abraham-1618-1667-poet
BHL creator ID
20671
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121973647
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
3831
British Museum person or institution ID
23874
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
cowley-abraham
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CANTIC ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
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Cambridge Alumni Database ID
CWLY636A
CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
118677187
DLL Catalog author ID
A4034
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118677187
Dimitri and Aliki Perrotis Central Library ID
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Discogs artist ID
3025103
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
107103
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
6005
Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
abraham-cowley
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0020467
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Abraham_Cowley
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2053496
Harper's tag
abraham-cowley
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
12649
Hyperion Records person ID
C1214
IMSLP ID
Category:Cowley,_Abraham
IdRef ID
030588413
IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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LBT person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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LibriVox author ID
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Libris-URI
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LiederNet author ID
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Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
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McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
C/cowley-abraham
Medvik ID
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Museo Galileo authority ID
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Museum-digital ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NE.se ID
abraham-cowley
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000700334
NLA Trove people ID
804491
NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Greece ID
120604
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000035442
National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810579116705606, 9810629516505606
National Library of Wales Authority ID
cowley-abraham
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
787514, 121199
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070405956
Obálky knih ID
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Online Books Page author ID
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3888034
Open Library ID
OL298447A
OpenMLOL author ID
23856
Orlando author ID
cowlab
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
6499
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095644582
Poetry Foundation ID
abraham-cowley
Poets.org poet ID
abraham-cowley
Prabook ID
3724487
Project Gutenberg author ID
1226
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
16071
RISM ID
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RPO poet ID
cowley-abraham
SBN author ID
MILV072864
SELIBR ID
182914
SHARE Catalogue author ID
131531
SNAC ARK ID
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SNARC ID
Manfred Riedel
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10002919
Spenserians person ID
32841
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1045
Treccani ID
abraham-cowley
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
abraham-cowley
UK National Archives ID
F43740
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058519140406706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1306994
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10058073, ADV12664259
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/5884
Wellcome Collection concept ID
n5hsbczg
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhCDXKYFbdGDRrkKbrKBP
Yale LUX ID
person/09071e10-22f0-42ef-9287-1a490ed6ef9d

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Described by source 6
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Svensk uppslagsbok, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Dictionary of Literary Biography
Occupation 5
writer, poet, playwright, essayist, prose writer
Educated at 2
Trinity College, Westminster School
Field of work 2
literature, poetry
Genre 2
drama, essay
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of England
Given name 1
Abraham
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
City of London
Place of burial 1
Westminster Abbey
Place of death 1
Chertsey
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Abraham Cowley was born in 1618[1] in City of London[2]. He died on July 28, 1667[3], in Chertsey[4]. He worked as a poet[5], essayist[6], playwright[7], prose writer[8], and writer[9].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[32]

  • Country: GB[33]

  • Began / founded: 1618[34]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1667-07-28[35]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 280b42e9-a4ff-4b6f-8786-1834a18018ce[36]

FAQs

Where was Abraham Cowley born?

Abraham Cowley was born in City of London[2].

Where did Abraham Cowley die?

Abraham Cowley died in Chertsey[4].

What did Abraham Cowley do for work?

Abraham Cowley worked as a poet[5], essayist[6], playwright[7], prose writer[8], and writer[9].

Where did Abraham Cowley go to school?

Abraham Cowley was educated at Trinity College[15] and Westminster School[16].

Related Entities

drama Kingdom of England poetry Trinity College

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . poets.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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