Christopher Purves

English operatic bass-baritone
Person human Q5108597
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Christopher Purves

Summary

Christopher Purves is a human[1]. Born in Cambridge[2], he… he was born on January 1, 1960[3]. He worked as an opera singer[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Christopher Purves was born in Cambridge[2].
  • Christopher Purves was born on January 1, 1960[3].
  • Christopher Purves held citizenship in United Kingdom[6].
  • Christopher Purves's professions included opera singer[4].
  • Christopher Purves was educated at King's College[7].
  • Christopher Purves's education included a stint at King's College School[8].
  • Christopher Purves is recorded as male[9].
  • Christopher Purves's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Christopher Purves's voice type is recorded as bass-baritone[11].
  • Christopher Purves's given name is recorded as Christopher[12].
  • Christopher Purves's instrument is recorded as voice[13].
  • Christopher Purves's described by source is recorded as BEIC Digital Library[14].
  • Christopher Purves's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[15].

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[16]

  • Country: GB[17]

  • Began / founded: 1960[18]

  • Genre(s): classical[19]

  • Community tags: bass-baritone, classical, english bass-baritione[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d47975b7-676c-4676-8ad3-b5a071ed22e1[21]

Body

Origins and Family

Christopher Purves was born in Cambridge[2]. He was born on January 1, 1960[3].

Education

Educated at King's College[7], a college of the University of Cambridge[22], in United Kingdom[23], founded in 1441[24], headquartered in Cambridge[25] and King's College School[8], an independent school[26], in United Kingdom[27], founded in 1441[28].

Career and Affiliations

Christopher Purves worked as an opera singer[4].

Why It Matters

Christopher Purves ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

Where was Christopher Purves born?

Christopher Purves was born in Cambridge[2].

What did Christopher Purves do for work?

Christopher Purves worked as opera singer[4].

Where did Christopher Purves go to school?

Christopher Purves was educated at King's College[7] and King's College School[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
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