Bill Cole

American musician
Person human Q862023
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Bill Cole

Summary

Bill Cole is a human[1]. His place of birth was Pittsburgh[2]. He was born on January 1, 1937[3]. He worked as an author[4], jazz musician[5], and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Bill Cole's place of birth was Pittsburgh[2].
  • Bill Cole was born on January 1, 1937[3].
  • Bill Cole held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Bill Cole worked as an author[4].
  • Bill Cole's professions included jazz musician[5].
  • Bill Cole worked as a university teacher[6].
  • Bill Cole's field of work was jazz[9].
  • Among Bill Cole's employers was Syracuse University[10].
  • Bill Cole was employed by Amherst College[11].
  • Bill Cole was educated at Wesleyan University[12].
  • Bill Cole is recorded as male[13].
  • Bill Cole's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Bill Cole's genre is jazz[15].
  • Bill Cole's Commons category is recorded as Bill Cole[16].
  • Bill Cole's family name is recorded as Cole[17].
  • Bill Cole's given name is recorded as Bill[18].
  • Bill Cole's official website is recorded as https://billcole.org/[19].
  • Bill Cole's instrument is recorded as trumpet[20].
  • Bill Cole's start of work period is recorded as 1974[21].

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[22]

  • Country: US[23]

  • Began / founded: 1936[24]

  • Genre(s): avant-garde jazz, jazz[25]

  • Community tags: avant-garde jazz, jazz[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d0ce4000-e358-4c3c-a870-112872eca5b4[27]

Body

Origins and Family

Bill Cole's place of birth was Pittsburgh[2]. He was born on January 1, 1937[3].

Education

Bill Cole was educated at Wesleyan University[12].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include author[4], jazz musician[5], and university teacher[6]. Bill Cole's field of work was jazz[9]. Employers include Syracuse University[10], a private university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1870[30] and Amherst College[11], a liberal arts college[31], in United States[32], founded in 1821[33].

Why It Matters

Bill Cole ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[7]

FAQs

Where was Bill Cole born?

Bill Cole's place of birth was Pittsburgh[2].

What did Bill Cole do for work?

Bill Cole worked as author[4], jazz musician[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Bill Cole go to school?

Bill Cole was educated at Wesleyan University[12].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . Discogs. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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