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Clive Ponting

British historian (1946-2020)
Person human Q2912042

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
April 13, 1946
Date of death
July 28, 2020
Place of birth
Islington
Place of death
Kelso
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
historian
Employer
Swansea University[7]
Educated at
Bristol Grammar School, University of Reading[8][9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[13]
Family name
Ponting[11]
Given name
Clive[12]
Name in native language
Clive Ponting[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Clive Ponting en Clive Sheridan Ponting ar كلايف بونتنغ he קלייב פונטינג ja クライブ・ポンティング zh 克莱夫·庞廷 zh-hant 克萊夫·龐廷
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000108987530
VIAF cluster ID
49284412
Library of Congress authority ID
n86048709
BHCL UUID
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BIBSYS ID
90226231
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122717890
CBDB.cz author ID
29405
CiNii Research ID
1140282266757879936
Databazeknih.cz author ID
94405
FAST ID
189042
Freebase ID
/m/02vmkv
IdRef ID
031518117
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KBR person ID
14095565
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01957729
NDL Authority ID
00473200
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2012710212
NUKAT ID
n2006094831
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007280130005171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200306602
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810691601605606
National Virtual Library of India ID
252557
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071607137
Open Library ID
OL234492A
SHARE Catalogue author ID
484357
SNAC ARK ID
w6909pf4
SVKKL authority ID
p0020302-Ponting-Clive-1946
UOM ID
4132
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/91340c4b-5eba-4c08-b3b9-47eae8482739

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Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
University of Reading
Employer 1
Swansea University
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
historian
Place of birth 1
Islington
Place of death 1
Kelso
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Clive Ponting was born on April 13, 1946[1], in Islington[2]. He died on July 28, 2020[3], in Kelso[4]. He worked as a historian[5].

FAQs

Where was Clive Ponting born?

Clive Ponting was born in Islington[2].

Where did Clive Ponting die?

Clive Ponting died in Kelso[4].

What did Clive Ponting do for work?

Clive Ponting worked as a historian[5].

Where did Clive Ponting go to school?

Clive Ponting was educated at Bristol Grammar School[8] and University of Reading[9].

Related Entities

United Kingdom University of Reading

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . thetimes.co.uk. thetimes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0020302-Ponting-Clive-1946
    Family name → Ponting
    Instance of → —
    Sex or gender → male
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0020302-Ponting-Clive-1946, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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