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Cora Pearl

English courtesan who became famous in the Second French Empire
Person Human Q2448563

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
1835, December 1836, 1837[7][8]
Date of death
July 8, 1886
Place of birth
Plymouth
Place of death
16th arrondissement of Paris
Country of citizenship
France, United Kingdom[11][12]
Occupation
courtesan, actor
Father
Frederick Crouch[10]
Cause of death
stomach cancer[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French, English[23][24]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[28]
Date of baptism
December 27, 1837[26]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900[22]
Family name
Pearl[19]
Given name
Cora[20]
Manner of death
natural causes[21]
Name in native language
Cora Pearl[25]
Place of burial
Batignolles Cemetery[9]
Residence
Plymouth, Jersey, London, Paris[15][16][17][18]
Writing language
French[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cora Pearl en Emma Crouch en Emma Elizabeth Crouch ar كورا بيرل de Emma Elizabeth Crouch fr Emma Élizabeth Crouch ja コーラ・パール ja コラ・パール ru Кора Перл ru Перл Кора ru Перл, Кора
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000110233885
VIAF cluster ID
29551379
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83022470
GND ID
129008001
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cora Pearl tinted photo.jpg ↗
Babelio author ID
364058
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12039767f
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11417032
Collective Biographies of Women ID
14908
DDB person (GND) ID
129008001
FAST ID
109094
FES digital collections entity ID
381248
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Freebase ID
/m/0bq3j0
IdRef ID
028593049
J9U entity ID
987007460148705171
Libris-URI
pm1355z71nt6vps
NUKAT ID
n2010233999
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810539686605606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1063269
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp83076
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074369768
Open Library ID
OL1460384A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
21697
SBN author ID
CUBV171911
SELIBR ID
241867
SNAC ARK ID
w6sj5pd1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbxDPRBX67PqmtjgVvWDq
Yale LUX ID
person/26d6181f-3aa9-48ec-95de-a9aa6a922058

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🔗 Connections
Residence 4
Paris, London, Jersey, Plymouth
Country of citizenship 2
France, United Kingdom
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, French
Cause of death 1
stomach cancer
Given name 1
Cora
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Occupation 1
courtesan
Place of birth 1
Plymouth
Place of burial 1
Batignolles Cemetery
Place of death 1
16th arrondissement of Paris
Sex or gender 1
female
Writing language 1
French
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Summary

Cora Pearl was born in 1835[1] in Plymouth[2]. She died on July 8, 1886[3], in 16th arrondissement of Paris[4]. She worked as a courtesan[5] and actor[6].

FAQs

Where was Cora Pearl born?

Cora Pearl's place of birth was Plymouth[2].

Where did Cora Pearl die?

Cora Pearl died in 16th arrondissement of Paris[4].

Who were Cora Pearl's parents?

Cora Pearl's father was Frederick Crouch[10].

What did Cora Pearl do for work?

Cora Pearl worked as a courtesan[5] and actor[6].

Related Entities

France London Plymouth United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . death certificate. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Batignolles Cemetery. wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [8] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 381248
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 381248, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Plymouth
    Given name → Cora
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    Place of burial → Batignolles Cemetery
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32082: import P21 and P106 from GND (24)"
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