Arthur Jacobs

British music critic and musicologist
Person human Q4799218
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Arthur Jacobs

Summary

Arthur Jacobs is a human[1]. He was born in Manchester[2]. He was born on June 14, 1922[3]. He passed away in Oxford[4]. He died on December 13, 1996[5]. He worked as a journalist[6] and music critic[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Arthur Jacobs was born in Manchester[2].
  • Arthur Jacobs passed away in Oxford[4].
  • Arthur Jacobs was born on June 14, 1922[3].
  • Arthur Jacobs died on December 13, 1996[5].
  • Arthur Jacobs held citizenship in United Kingdom[9].
  • Arthur Jacobs worked as a journalist[6].
  • Arthur Jacobs's professions included music critic[7].
  • Arthur Jacobs's education included a stint at Merton College[10].
  • Arthur Jacobs is recorded as male[11].
  • Arthur Jacobs's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Arthur Jacobs supervised Johannes Ziegler as a doctoral student[13].
  • Arthur Jacobs supervised Arnaud Rey as a doctoral student[14].
  • Arthur Jacobs's family name is recorded as Jacobs[15].
  • Arthur Jacobs's given name is recorded as Arthur[16].
  • Arthur Jacobs's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[18]

  • Country: GB[19]

  • Began / founded: 1922-06-14[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1996-12-13[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 51bf7ba4-4b15-44c8-9a49-6523ccfe4387[22]

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Manchester[2], Arthur Jacobs… he was born on June 14, 1922[3].

Education

Arthur Jacobs was educated at Merton College[10].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include journalist[6] and music critic[7]. Doctoral students include Johannes Ziegler[13], a psychologist[23], b. 1967[24], awarded the CNRS bronze medal[25] and Arnaud Rey[14], a researcher[26].

Death and Burial

Arthur Jacobs died on December 13, 1996[5]. He died in Oxford[4].

Why It Matters

Arthur Jacobs ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[8]

FAQs

Where was Arthur Jacobs born?

Arthur Jacobs's place of birth was Manchester[2].

Where did Arthur Jacobs die?

Arthur Jacobs passed away in Oxford[4].

What did Arthur Jacobs do for work?

Arthur Jacobs worked as journalist[6] and music critic[7].

Where did Arthur Jacobs go to school?

Arthur Jacobs was educated at Merton College[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . theses.fr. theses.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . theses.fr. theses.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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