bpNichol

Canadian poet (1944–1988)

Person Human Q4953105

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[8]
Date of birth: September 30, 1944
Date of death: September 25, 1988, September 27, 1988^[6]
Place of birth: Vancouver
Place of death: Toronto
Country of citizenship: Canada^[7]
Occupation: poet
Official website: www.bpnichol.ca^[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[13]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[18]
Described by source: UbuWeb^[12]
Family name: Nichol^[9]
Given name: Barrie^[10]
Has works in the collection: Tate, National Gallery of Canada, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe^[15]^[16]^[17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: MEHI – Media Art Database^[14]
Stylized name: bpNichol^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en Barrie Phillip Nichol en bpNichol en B. P. Nichol cs Barrie Nichol cs Bp Nichol

🔖 Identifiers · 58

ISNI: 0000000081561387
VIAF cluster ID: 76350280
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n50006009
GND ID: 118930141
AbART person ID: 114147
Artist-info artist ID: 291685
Awards & Winners artist ID: 05vnpmf
BAnQ authority ID: 0000104745
BIBSYS ID: 10016013
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12127543c
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: nichol-bp
CANTIC ID: 981060957590306706

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Canadian Encyclopedia article ID: bp-nichol
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10028719
CiNii Research ID: 1980867909757923651
DBC author ID: 87097969623727
Discogs artist ID: 680979
ELMCIP ID: 527
Europeana entity: agent/base/61071
FAST ID: 1432620
Freebase ID: /m/05vnpmf
HAND ID: 825B-4CC9-AB0C-32F1-9D98
IMDb ID: nm0629318
IdRef ID: 02970927X
J9U entity ID: 987007371007005171
Kallías ID: PE00605252
Kinobox person ID: 891807
Lambiek Comiclopedia artist ID: n/nichol_bp
Libraries Australia ID: 35386235
MusicBrainz artist ID: 6b6ff49d-dbf4-4e6f-abfb-6b5b16d85caf
MutualArt artist ID: 80F660F6CC5E6D0C
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA15884124
NDL Authority ID: 00559156
NL CR AUT ID: mub2015886120
NLA Trove people ID: 934261
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000501758
NSK ID: 981005716004909366
NUKAT ID: n2015137713
National Gallery of Canada artist ID: bpnichol
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004589516
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9814285642205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 067537855
Online Books Page author ID: Nichol, B. P., 1944-1988
Open Library ID: OL464621A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100233422
Plex person key: 6230b041b433b2a5fad2622b
Poetry Foundation ID: bpnichol
Poetry In Voice poet ID: bp-nichol
RERO ID (legacy): A011298569
SBN author ID: BVEV259628
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 694987
SNAC ARK ID: w6x35dht
Tate artist ID: bpnichol-17791
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID: 3333
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJvRRWT36vyddhQ6w7HcT3
Yale LUX ID: person/f6fefad2-301b-4e51-b8e5-e20f98e919da
ZKM person ID: bp-nichol
ČSFD person ID: 894446

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Summary

bpNichol was born on September 30, 1944^[1], in Vancouver^[2]. He died on September 25, 1988^[3], in Toronto^[4]. He worked as a poet^[5].

FAQs

Where was bpNichol born?

bpNichol was born in Vancouver^[2].

Where did bpNichol die?

bpNichol passed away in Toronto^[4].

What did bpNichol do for work?

bpNichol worked as a poet^[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ bpNichol — place of birth (P19): Vancouver. ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Retrieved 2022-06-30. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ bpNichol — place of death (P20): Toronto. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ bpNichol — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ bpNichol — country of citizenship (P27): Canada. Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2021-06-16. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ bpNichol — occupation (P106): poet. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ bpNichol — date of birth (P569): September 30, 1944. Comiclopedia. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ bpNichol — date of death (P570): September 25, 1988. Comiclopedia. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ bpNichol — date of death (P570): September 27, 1988. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2020-02-23. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ bpNichol — family name (P734): Nichol. Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved 2021-06-16. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ bpNichol — given name (P735): Barrie. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ bpNichol — official website (P856): http://www.bpnichol.ca. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ bpNichol — described by source (P1343): UbuWeb. ubu.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10. ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ bpNichol — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ bpNichol — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): MEHI – Media Art Database. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ bpNichol — has works in the collection (P6379): Tate. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ bpNichol — has works in the collection (P6379): National Gallery of Canada. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ bpNichol — has works in the collection (P6379): ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. Retrieved 2022-06-30. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ bpNichol — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-04-02. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ bpNichol — stylized name (P9989): bpNichol. wikidata.org.

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13d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Discogs artist ID → 680979

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62840: Importing Discogs artist IDs into Wikidata from MusicBrainz, after ensuring matching labels part2"
12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

NLA Trove people ID → 934261

Date of death → September 25, 1988, September 27, 1988

Yale LUX ID → person/f6fefad2-301b-4e51-b8e5-e20f98e919da

NSK (VIAF) ID → 000501758

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"Created claim: HAND ID: 825B-4CC9-AB0C-32F1-9D98, batch #269223"

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