Edward Rooker

English engraver, draughtsman and actor

Person Human Q5345108

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: 1712, 1724^[8]
Date of death: November 22, 1774
Place of birth: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[10]^[11]
Occupation: actor, draftsperson, engraver, exlibrist
Child: Michael Angelo Rooker^[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired^[30]
Described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900^[16]
Family name: Rooker^[14]
Given name: Edward^[15]
Has works in the collection: Nationalmuseum, National Gallery of Art, Royal Academy of Arts, British Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Australian National Maritime Museum, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Yale Center for British Art, Print Collection, Huis van het boek^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject New York Public Library, NADD Wikidata project^[18]^[19]
Student: William Watts^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 45

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VIAF cluster ID: 37191195
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no2002049719
GND ID: 107143912X
Art UK artist ID: rooker-edward-c-17121774
Artist ID of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre: 10588-ROOKER-Edward
Artnet artist ID: edward-rooker
Australian National Maritime Museum person ID: 883
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 149779346
British Museum person or institution ID: 44122
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp02123688
Christie's creator ID: 42069

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CollectieGelderland creator ID: 7452ce31-95a5-5d98-98a6-647f234d0130
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 107143912X
DigitaltMuseum ID: 021036378210, 021039690110
Europeana entity: agent/base/36843
Freebase ID: /m/0cm8834
IdRef ID: 113361904
Invaluable.com person ID: z84zfdm15j
J9U entity ID: 987007293272905171
KBR person ID: 14323928
KSW person ID: 98001
KulturNav-ID: ac2b00c4-ba53-4e69-a7e5-deff8138e101, 95dd8e1d-bf76-4024-bbb5-15d09c91dd1c
Met Constituent ID: 69168
NLA Trove people ID: 1196771
NLP ID: a0000002778083
National Gallery of Art artist ID: 11878
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000544318
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810660230705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5701514
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp87222
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID: 16872
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 24064
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID: 28531, 19810
Prabook ID: 2407826
RA Collections ID: 9176
Royal Academy ID: edward-rooker
SNAC ARK ID: w6zx4z9z
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500028800
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV12274209
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/193021
Wellcome Collection concept ID: hcxsx5vw
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJB8pfmDXjghf9mJWjkMT3
YCBA agent ID: 3835
Yale LUX ID: person/eec0a6a4-d1cf-48af-9d9b-72af8003b243

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Summary

Edward Rooker was born on 1712^[1] in London^[2]. He died on November 22, 1774^[3]. He worked as an actor^[4], draftsperson^[5], engraver^[6], and exlibrist^[7].

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Where was Edward Rooker born?

Edward Rooker was born in London^[2].

What did Edward Rooker do for work?

Edward Rooker worked as an actor^[4], draftsperson^[5], engraver^[6], and exlibrist^[7].

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[2] ↑ Edward Rooker — place of birth (P19): London. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-02-23. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Edward Rooker — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Edward Rooker — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. Retrieved 2016-02-26. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Edward Rooker — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Edward Rooker — child (P40): Michael Angelo Rooker. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2021-05-22. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Edward Rooker — occupation (P106): actor. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Edward Rooker — occupation (P106): draftsperson. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Edward Rooker — occupation (P106): engraver. Retrieved 2021-12-05. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Edward Rooker — occupation (P106): exlibrist. online catalogue of Huis van het boek. Retrieved 2024-12-12. mmm-web.adlibhosting.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Edward Rooker — date of birth (P569): 1712. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Edward Rooker — date of birth (P569): 1724. Retrieved 2020-02-29. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Edward Rooker — date of death (P570): November 22, 1774. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Edward Rooker — family name (P734): Rooker. artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. Retrieved 2016-02-26. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Edward Rooker — given name (P735): Edward. artist list of the National Museum of Sweden. Retrieved 2016-02-26. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Edward Rooker — student (P802): William Watts. British Book Trade Index. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Edward Rooker — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Edward Rooker — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Edward Rooker — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject New York Public Library. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Edward Rooker — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): NADD Wikidata project. Retrieved 2024-12-12. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): Nationalmuseum. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): National Gallery of Art. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 2020-02-29. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): British Museum. research.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-02-29. research.britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-29. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): Australian National Maritime Museum. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): National Museum Paleis het Loo. Retrieved 2021-12-05. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): Yale Center for British Art. Retrieved 2022-04-16. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): Print Collection. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Edward Rooker — has works in the collection (P6379): Huis van het boek. online catalogue of Huis van het boek. Retrieved 2024-12-12. mmm-web.adlibhosting.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Edward Rooker — copyright status as a creator (P7763): copyrights on works have expired. Retrieved 2020-04-15. wikidata.org.

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Date of death → November 22, 1774

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