Boston College

private research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
Organization college Q49118
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Boston College

Summary

Boston College is a college[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of college entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (978 views/month, #5 of 784).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boston College was a member of Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities[3].
  • Boston College was a member of ORCID, Inc.[4].
  • Boston College was a member of Digital Library Federation[5].
  • Boston College was a member of Association of Research Libraries[6].
  • Boston College was a member of MetaArchive Cooperative[7].
  • Boston College was a member of Atlantic Coast Conference[8].
  • Boston College's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[9].
  • Boston College is located in Massachusetts[10].
  • Boston College is located in Boston[11].
  • Boston College is located in Suffolk County[12].
  • Boston College is located in Newton[13].
  • Boston College is located in Middlesex County[14].
  • Boston College is in the country of United States[15].
  • Boston College's image is recorded as Dustbowlsnow.jpg[16].
  • Boston College's instance of is recorded as college[17].
  • Boston College's instance of is recorded as university[18].
  • Boston College's instance of is recorded as private not-for-profit educational institution[19].
  • Boston College's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[20].
  • Boston College's founder is recorded as John McElroy[21].
  • Boston College's logo image is recorded as Boston College Logotype.svg[22].
  • Boston College's headquarters location is recorded as Chestnut Hill[23].
  • Boston College's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404447053[24].
  • Boston College's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148865242[25].
  • Boston College's GND ID is recorded as 40300-3[26].
  • Boston College's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80010166[27].

Body

Founding

Boston College's founder is recorded as John McElroy[21]. +1863-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Identity

Boston College's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[29].

Operations

Boston College's headquarters location is recorded as Chestnut Hill[23]. Subsidiaries include McMullen Museum of Art[30], an art museum[31], in United States[32], founded in 1993[33]; Boston College School of Theology and Ministry[34], a seminary[35], in United States[36], founded in 2008[37]; Weston Jesuit School of Theology[38], a seminary[39], in United States[40], founded in 1994[41]; Weston School of Theology[42], a seminary[43], in United States[44], founded in 1975[45]; and Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry[46].

Industry

Boston College's industry is recorded as higher education[47].

Why It Matters

Boston College ranks in the top 0.64% of college entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (978 views/month, #5 of 784).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] . Q1227538. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . wikidata.org.
  4. [18] . wikidata.org.
  5. [19] . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  6. [20] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  14. [22] . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] . wikidata.org.
  16. [24] . wikidata.org.
  17. [25] . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [26] . wikidata.org.
  19. [27] . wikidata.org.
  20. [30] . wikidata.org.
  21. [34] . wikidata.org.
  22. [38] . wikidata.org.
  23. [42] . wikidata.org.
  24. [46] . wikidata.org.
  25. [47] . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . wikidata.org.
  27. [4] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [5] . clir.org. clir.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [6] . old.arl.org. old.arl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [7] . metaarchive.org. metaarchive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [8] . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] . wikidata.org.
  33. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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