Caliban

character in Shakespeare's The Tempest
Person theatrical_character Q533120
Caliban
Hogarth, William · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Caliban

Summary

Caliban is a theatrical character[1]. He draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (theatrical_character category, ranking #13 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • Caliban's mother was Sycorax[3].
  • Caliban is the creator of William Shakespeare[4].
  • Caliban's image is recorded as William Hogarth - Caliban.JPG[5].
  • Caliban is recorded as male[6].
  • Caliban's instance of is recorded as theatrical character[7].
  • Caliban's instance of is recorded as half-demon in a work of fiction[8].
  • Caliban's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 100224983[9].
  • Caliban's GND ID is recorded as 119052822[10].
  • Caliban's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86003000[11].
  • Caliban's Commons category is recorded as Caliban (The Tempest)[12].
  • Caliban's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g_93[13].
  • Caliban's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Caliban's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Caliban-fictional-character[15].
  • Caliban's present in work is recorded as The Tempest[16].
  • Caliban's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00546014[17].
  • Caliban's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-86613[18].
  • Caliban's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007551091205171[19].
  • Caliban's Literary Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 5-0582[20].
  • Caliban's Personality Database profile ID is recorded as 26341[21].
  • Caliban's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PCjDpYwkv7k9hjt7xg8rTHC[22].
  • Caliban's The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID is recorded as caliban[23].
  • Caliban's DDB person is recorded as 119052822[24].

Body

Origins and Family

Caliban's mother was Sycorax[3].

Works and Contributions

Caliban is the creator of William Shakespeare[4]. Things named for him include he[25], a moon of Uranus[26].

Why It Matters

Caliban draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (theatrical_character category, ranking #13 of 41).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for him include he[25], a moon of Uranus[26].

FAQs

Who were Caliban's parents?

Caliban's mother was Sycorax[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . lccn.loc.gov. lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . personality-database.com. Retrieved . personality-database.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . 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. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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