David Gibbins

Canadian underwater archeologist and novelist
Person human Q2713692

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
1962
Place of birth
Saskatoon
Country of citizenship
Canada[6]
Official website
www.davidgibbins.com[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[19]
Family name
Gibbins[16]
Given name
David[17]
P14750
E165-EB30-E90A-537B-9252[22]
Start of work period
2005[20]
Writing language
English[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Gibbins en David J. L. Gibbins en David John Lawrence Gibbins he דיויד גיבינס sv Gibbins
🔖 Identifiers · 48
VIAF cluster ID
29811053
Library of Congress authority ID
n97086847
GND ID
130316288
Archaeology Data Service person ID
9140
Babelio author ID
4348
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15022225n
CBDB.cz author ID
3495
CONOR.BG ID
77045512
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
1018C1218
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10559376
Cyprus University of Technology ID
88393
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
4164
ELNET ID
a12123663
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
gibbins_david
Europeana entity
agent/base/83176
Fantastic Fiction author ID
g/david-gibbins
Freebase ID
/m/0bzbc7
Goodreads author ID
133505
IMDb ID
nm6647606
ISFDB author ID
57521
Libraries Australia ID
57275402
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2006348971
NLA Trove people ID
1682431
NSK (VIAF) ID
000417708
NUKAT ID
n2005054714
National Library of Chile ID
000244456
National Library of Greece ID
261162
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000387797
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007313799005171, 987012798284705171
National Library of Latvia ID
000120063
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BXdA;=BV
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810567844705606
National Library of Portugal ID
1262738
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1792048
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
275145972
NooSFere author ID
2147190810
Open Library ID
OL2705079A, OL5122641A
RERO ID (legacy)
A008645855
SBN author ID
LO1V310774
SHARE Catalogue author ID
744961
SVKKL authority ID
0237106-Gibbins-David-1962
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
vtls006704671
Tor.com author ID
david-gibbins
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
24976
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyhjMYXthQ339Brc3kxDq

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Award received 2
Educated at 2
Country of citizenship 1
Field of work 1
Given name 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Member of 1
Place of birth 1
Sex or gender 1
Writing language 1
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Summary

David Gibbins was born in 1962[1] in Saskatoon[2]. He has worked as an anthropologist[3], archaeologist[4], and writer[5].

FAQs

Where was David Gibbins born?

David Gibbins was born in Saskatoon[2].

What did David Gibbins do for work?

David Gibbins worked as an anthropologist[3], archaeologist[4], and writer[5].

Where did David Gibbins go to school?

David Gibbins was educated at Corpus Christi College[8], University of Bristol[9], Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute[10], and Wills Hall[11].

What awards did David Gibbins receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts[12] and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → E165-EB30-E90A-537B-9252
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  2. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987007313799005171, 987012798284705171
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Saskatoon
    Educated at → Corpus Christi College, University of Bristol, Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute +1
    Work period start → —
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