Astor Library

former public library in New York, United States; merged into the New York Public Library
Organization public_library Q4811069
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Astor Library

Summary

Astor Library is a public library[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of public_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Astor Library is located in Manhattan[3].
  • Astor Library is in the country of United States[4].
  • Astor Library's image is recorded as Astor Library, N.Y, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views crop.jpg[5].
  • Astor Library's instance of is recorded as public library[6].
  • Astor Library's instance of is recorded as research library[7].
  • Astor Library's founder is recorded as John Jacob Astor I[8].
  • Astor Library's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107073171[9].
  • Astor Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152993650[10].
  • Astor Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 7282167807320218130004[11].
  • Astor Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144842182[12].
  • Astor Library's GND ID is recorded as 84305-2[13].
  • Astor Library's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87850820[14].
  • Astor Library's location is recorded as The Public Theater building[15].
  • Astor Library's Commons category is recorded as Astor Library[16].
  • Astor Library's archives at is recorded as New York Public Library Main Branch[17].
  • +1849-01-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Astor Library[18].
  • Astor Library was dissolved in +1895-05-23T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Astor Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 40.729166666666664, 'longitude': -73.99166666666666, 'precision': 0.0002777777777777778}[20].
  • Astor Library's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2002111717[21].
  • Astor Library's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[22].
  • Astor Library's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • Astor Library's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject New York Public Library[24].
  • Astor Library's merged into is recorded as New York Public Library[25].
  • Astor Library's Vatican Library VcBA ID is recorded as 494/39730[26].
  • Astor Library's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007425774605171[27].

Body

Founding

Astor Library's founder is recorded as John Jacob Astor I[8]. +1849-01-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[18].

Dissolution

Astor Library was dissolved in +1895-05-23T00:00:00Z[19].

Why It Matters

Astor Library ranks in the top 9% of public_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . archives.nypl.org. Retrieved . archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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