Christopher Smart

English poet, hymnwriter, editor
Person human Q2617795
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Christopher Smart

Summary

Christopher Smart is a human[1]. He was born in Shipbourne[2]. He was born on April 11, 1722[3]. He died in London[4]. He died on May 21, 1771[5]. He worked as a writer[6], stage actor[7], composer[8], hymnwriter[9], and children's writer[10]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month, #7,216 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Christopher Smart was born in Shipbourne[2].
  • Christopher Smart passed away in London[4].
  • Christopher Smart was born on April 11, 1722[3].
  • Christopher Smart died on May 21, 1771[5].
  • Christopher Smart died on May 20, 1771[12].
  • Christopher Smart held citizenship in Kingdom of Great Britain[13].
  • English was Christopher Smart's native language[14].
  • Christopher Smart's professions included writer[6].
  • Christopher Smart worked as a stage actor[7].
  • Christopher Smart worked as a composer[8].
  • Christopher Smart worked as a hymnwriter[9].
  • Christopher Smart's professions included children's writer[10].
  • Christopher Smart's professions included editor[15].
  • Christopher Smart was educated at Pembroke College[16].
  • Christopher Smart's education included a stint at Durham School[17].
  • Christopher Smart was educated at Maidstone Grammar School[18].
  • Christopher Smart's religion is recorded as Anglicanism[19].
  • Christopher Smart is recorded as male[20].
  • Christopher Smart's instance of is recorded as human[21].
  • Christopher Smart's Commons category is recorded as Christopher Smart[22].
  • Christopher Smart's family name is recorded as Smart[23].
  • Christopher Smart's given name is recorded as Christopher[24].
  • Christopher Smart's pseudonym is recorded as Mary Midnight[25].
  • Christopher Smart's significant event is recorded as Christopher Smart's asylum confinement[26].
  • Christopher Smart's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Christopher Smart[27].

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.

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  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1722-04-11[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1771-05-21[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: afe2df5f-1818-445f-854e-83ac6c455845[32]

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Shipbourne[2], Christopher Smart… he was born on April 11, 1722[3]. English was his native language[14].

Education

Educated at Pembroke College[16], a college of the University of Cambridge[33], in United Kingdom[34], founded in 1347[35]; Durham School[17], an independent school[36], in United Kingdom[37], founded in 1414[38]; and Maidstone Grammar School[18], a grammar school[39], in United Kingdom[40], founded in 1549[41].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include writer[6], stage actor[7], composer[8], hymnwriter[9], children's writer[10], and editor[15].

Personal Life

Christopher Smart's religion is recorded as Anglicanism[19].

Death and Burial

Recorded date of death include May 21, 1771[5] and May 20, 1771[12]. Christopher Smart died in London[4].

Why It Matters

Christopher Smart ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month, #7,216 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

Where was Christopher Smart born?

Born in Shipbourne[2], Christopher Smart…

Where did Christopher Smart die?

Christopher Smart passed away in London[4].

What did Christopher Smart do for work?

Christopher Smart worked as writer[6], stage actor[7], composer[8], hymnwriter[9], and children's writer[10].

Where did Christopher Smart go to school?

Christopher Smart was educated at Pembroke College[16], Durham School[17], and Maidstone Grammar School[18].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [21] . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [16] . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  11. [7] . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [5] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [12] . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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