David Keen

British anthropologist
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David Keen

Summary

David Keen is a human[1]. He was born on +1958-09-21T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as an anthropologist[3], economist[4], journalist[5], and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • David Keen was born on +1958-09-21T00:00:00Z[2].
  • David Keen held citizenship in United Kingdom[8].
  • David Keen worked as an anthropologist[3].
  • David Keen worked as an economist[4].
  • David Keen's professions included journalist[5].
  • David Keen's professions included university teacher[6].
  • David Keen's field of work was famine[9].
  • David Keen's field of work was Second Sudanese Civil War[10].
  • David Keen's field of work was Sierra Leone Civil War[11].
  • David Keen's field of work was human rights[12].
  • David Keen's field of work was military policy[13].
  • Among David Keen's employers was London School of Economics and Political Science[14].
  • David Keen was educated at University of Oxford[15].
  • David Keen is recorded as male[16].
  • David Keen's instance of is recorded as human[17].
  • David Keen supervised Christopher Gerald Dolan as a doctoral student[18].
  • David Keen supervised Nirad Pragasam as a doctoral student[19].
  • David Keen's ISNI is recorded as 0000000117803094[20].
  • David Keen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 114915059[21].
  • David Keen's GND ID is recorded as 1145843395[22].
  • David Keen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93093146[23].
  • David Keen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12495939q[24].
  • David Keen's IdRef ID is recorded as 034174575[25].
  • David Keen's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-7218-8378[26].
  • David Keen earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[27].

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Origins and Family

David Keen was born on +1958-09-21T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

David Keen was educated at University of Oxford[15]. He earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[27].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include anthropologist[3], economist[4], journalist[5], and university teacher[6]. Fields of work include famine[9]; Second Sudanese Civil War[10], a civil war[28]; Sierra Leone Civil War[11], a civil war[29], in Sierra Leone[30]; human rights[12], a convention[31]; and military policy[13], a type of policy[32]. Among David Keen's employers was London School of Economics and Political Science[14]. Doctoral students include Christopher Gerald Dolan[18] and Nirad Pragasam[19].

Why It Matters

David Keen ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[7]

FAQs

What did David Keen do for work?

David Keen worked as anthropologist[3], economist[4], journalist[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did David Keen go to school?

David Keen was educated at University of Oxford[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . viaf.org. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . lse.ac.uk. lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [2] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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