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David Parlett

British game designer
Person human Q1176049

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 18, 1939
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
board game designer, non-fiction writer, writer, French teacher, cultural studies scholar, historian, romanist, Germanist[9][10][11]
Notable work
The Oxford history of board games[12]
Official website
www.parlettgames.uk[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
Parlett[15]
Given name
David[16]
Member of
Quakers[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Parlett en Parlett da David parlett de David S. Parlett de David Sidney Parlett sv Parlett, David zh 大衛·帕利特 zh 帕莱特 zh 戴维·帕莱特
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000110435495
VIAF cluster ID
20968932
Library of Congress authority ID
n79123960
GND ID
1158476906
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
David Parlett in 2017.jpg ↗
BoardGameGeek designer ID
166
CiNii Research ID
1140845216694686208
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
4709
Europeana entity
agent/base/62970
Freebase ID
/m/01qjs0
Goodreads author ID
538882
IdRef ID
067061885
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KBR person ID
14136913
Luding designer ID
103
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02491923
NDL Authority ID
00472761
NUKAT ID
n00013608
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007390093005171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071501207
Open Library ID
OL73527A
Parsifal cluster ID
352055
Penguin Random House author ID
23257
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJy8qCFJkffY4h6CqGVV4q
X (Twitter) username
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Occupation 3
writer, non-fiction writer, board game designer
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
David
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Quakers
Place of birth 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

David Parlett was born on May 18, 1939[1], in London[2]. He has worked as a board game designer[3], non-fiction writer[4], writer[5], French teacher[6], and cultural studies scholar[7].

FAQs

Where was David Parlett born?

David Parlett's place of birth was London[2].

What did David Parlett do for work?

David Parlett worked as a board game designer[3], non-fiction writer[4], writer[5], French teacher[6], and cultural studies scholar[7].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Quakers
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    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
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