Adam Spiers

maintainer of GNU Stow and occasional contributor to other GNU software such as GNU LilyPond and Org-Mode
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Adam Spiers

Summary

Adam Spiers is a human[1]. He worked as a software engineer[2], software architect[3], programmer[4], musician[5], and cellist[6].

Key Facts

  • Adam Spiers's professions included software engineer[2].
  • Adam Spiers worked as a software architect[3].
  • Adam Spiers worked as a programmer[4].
  • Adam Spiers's professions included musician[5].
  • Adam Spiers's professions included cellist[6].
  • Adam Spiers held the position of GNU Stow maintainer[7].
  • Among Adam Spiers's employers was Mayo Clinic[8].
  • Adam Spiers was educated at New College[9].
  • Adam Spiers's education included a stint at Shrewsbury School[10].
  • Adam Spiers was a member of GNU Project[11].
  • Adam Spiers is recorded as male[12].
  • Adam Spiers's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Adam Spiers's movement is recorded as free software movement[14].
  • Adam Spiers's residence is recorded as London[15].
  • Adam Spiers's website account on is recorded as GNU Savannah[16].
  • Adam Spiers's family name is recorded as Spiers[17].
  • Adam Spiers's given name is recorded as Adam[18].
  • Adam Spiers's official website is recorded as https://adamspiers.org/[19].
  • Adam Spiers's instrument is recorded as cello[20].
  • Adam Spiers's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[21].
  • Adam Spiers's official blog URL is recorded as https://blog.adamspiers.org/[22].
  • Adam Spiers's GitHub account is recorded as aspiers[23].
  • Adam Spiers's curriculum vitae URL is recorded as https://adamspiers.org/CV/[24].

Body

Education

Educated at New College[9], a college of the University of Oxford[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 1379[27] and Shrewsbury School[10], a secondary school[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1552[30].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include software engineer[2], software architect[3], programmer[4], musician[5], and cellist[6]. Among Adam Spiers's employers was Mayo Clinic[8]. He held the position of GNU Stow maintainer[7].

FAQs

What did Adam Spiers do for work?

Adam Spiers worked as software engineer[2], software architect[3], programmer[4], musician[5], and cellist[6].

Where did Adam Spiers go to school?

Adam Spiers was educated at New College[9] and Shrewsbury School[10].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . GNU's Who. Retrieved . adamspiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . adamspiers.org. Retrieved . adamspiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . adamspiers.org. Retrieved . adamspiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . adamspiers.org. Retrieved . adamspiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . adamspiers.org. Retrieved . adamspiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . adamspiers.org. Retrieved . adamspiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GNU's Who. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . adamspiers.org. Retrieved . adamspiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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