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Edward Tregear

New Zealand public servant and surveyor (1846–1931)
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Edward Tregear
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 1, 1846
Date of death
October 28, 1931
Place of birth
Southampton
Place of death
Picton
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[7]
Occupation
writer, surveyor
Member of political party
New Zealand Labour Party[15]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, New Zealand Medal, Imperial Service Order[8][9][10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Contributed to creative work
Popular Science[23]
Described by source
The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand[21]
Family name
Tregear[18]
Given name
Edward, Robert[19][20]
Member of
Royal Geographical Society, Polynesian Society, New Zealand Institute of Surveyors[11][12][13]
Military, police or special rank
captain[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New Zealand/politics
Participated in conflict
New Zealand Wars[17]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en E. De R. Tregear en Edward De R. Tregear en Edward Robert Tregear en Edward Tregear en E. R. Tregear
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
000000008138187X
VIAF cluster ID
59176034
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no90022595
GND ID
119184222
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
81315
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12432672r
CiNii Research ID
1140563741592047616
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography ID
2t48
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
tregear_edward
FAST ID
277388
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
085827606
J9U entity ID
987007281753405171
Libraries Australia ID
35555183
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02062494
NLA Trove people ID
994421
National Library of Greece ID
247489
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000515833
National Virtual Library of India ID
553278
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
24440609X
Open Library ID
OL930539A
OpenMLOL author ID
156070
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803105606931
SNAC ARK ID
w6z68677
Te Papa agent ID
9791
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
5917
Unz Review author ID
TregearEdward
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/c8492913-199c-4d8a-912d-d9f348f6bba7

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Award received 2
Imperial Service Order, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Given name 2
Robert, Edward
Occupation 2
writer, surveyor
Contributed to creative work 1
Popular Science
Country of citizenship 1
New Zealand
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Geographical Society
Member of political party 1
New Zealand Labour Party
Military, police or special rank 1
captain
Participated in conflict 1
New Zealand Wars
Place of birth 1
Southampton
Place of death 1
Picton
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Born in Southampton[1], he… he was born on May 1, 1846[2]. He passed away in Picton[3]. He died on October 28, 1931[4]. He worked as a writer[5] and surveyor[6].

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Recognition

Awards received include Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society[8], a fellowship award[24], in United Kingdom[25]; New Zealand Medal[9], a military decoration[26], in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[27], founded in 1869[28]; and Imperial Service Order[10], an award[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1902[31].

FAQs

Where was Edward Tregear born?

Born in Southampton[1].

Where did Edward Tregear die?

Edward Tregear passed away in Picton[3].

What did Edward Tregear do for work?

Edward Tregear worked as writer[5] and surveyor[6].

What awards did Edward Tregear receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society[8], New Zealand Medal[9], and Imperial Service Order[10].

Related Entities

New Zealand New Zealand Labour Party

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . The Pioneer Land Surveyors of New Zealand. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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