Colin Macfarquhar

British bookseller and printer
Person human Q2344982
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Colin Macfarquhar

Summary

Colin Macfarquhar is a human[1]. His place of birth was Edinburgh[2]. He was born on +1745-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in Edinburgh[4]. He died on +1793-04-02T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a businessperson[6], printer[7], and bookseller[8]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #7,279 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Born in Edinburgh[2], Colin Macfarquhar…
  • Colin Macfarquhar passed away in Edinburgh[4].
  • Colin Macfarquhar was born on +1745-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Colin Macfarquhar died on +1793-04-02T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Colin Macfarquhar held citizenship in Kingdom of Great Britain[10].
  • Colin Macfarquhar worked as a businessperson[6].
  • Colin Macfarquhar worked as a printer[7].
  • Colin Macfarquhar worked as a bookseller[8].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's field of work was printmaking[11].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's field of work was bookselling[12].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's image is recorded as Colin Macfarquhar.jpg[13].
  • Colin Macfarquhar is recorded as male[14].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's ISNI is recorded as 0000000054752014[16].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 7263214[17].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr93022300[18].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's IdRef ID is recorded as 147218780[19].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's Commons category is recorded as Colin Macfarquhar[20].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02y_01[21].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as jo20191023412[22].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's family name is recorded as MacFarquhar[23].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's given name is recorded as Colin[24].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's work location is recorded as Edinburgh[25].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID is recorded as 40545[26].
  • Colin Macfarquhar's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as biography/Colin-Macfarquhar[27].

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Origins and Family

Colin Macfarquhar was born in Edinburgh[2]. He was born on +1745-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include businessperson[6], printer[7], and bookseller[8]. Fields of work include printmaking[11] and bookselling[12], an industry[28].

Death and Burial

Colin Macfarquhar died on +1793-04-02T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in Edinburgh[4].

Why It Matters

Colin Macfarquhar ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #7,279 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

Where was Colin Macfarquhar born?

Colin Macfarquhar was born in Edinburgh[2].

Where did Colin Macfarquhar die?

Colin Macfarquhar passed away in Edinburgh[4].

What did Colin Macfarquhar do for work?

Colin Macfarquhar worked as businessperson[6], printer[7], and bookseller[8].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Retrieved . onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [5] . Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Czech National Authority Database. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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