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Elkanah Settle

English poet and playwright
Person Human Q5364188

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
1648, 1648[10]
Date of death
February 12, 1724, 1724[11]
Place of birth
Dunstable
Place of death
London
Occupation
playwright, librettist, writer, poet, author
Field of work
poetry, drama[12][13]
Educated at
Trinity College[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16][17][18][19]
Name
Doeg[21]
Writing language
English[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Doeg en Elkanah Settle cs E. S. cs E. Settle cs Person of quality cs Author of Character cs Author of The character he אלקנה סטל
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
2480468
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79129002
GND ID
11889630X
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
7659
British Museum person or institution ID
192694
CANTIC ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01321485
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11889630X
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
settle_elkanah
FAST ID
45423
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Freebase ID
/m/01s9h5
Hyperion Records person ID
C1070
ISFDB author ID
173165
IdRef ID
071014047
J9U entity ID
987007432352005171
LBT person ID
ElSettl1724
LiederNet author ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
000155847
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810689222205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073962090
Open Library ID
OL318454A
OpenMLOL author ID
144176
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
25128
Oxford Reference overview ID
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Project Gutenberg author ID
8078
RISM ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10010906
Spotify artist ID
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The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
4025
UK National Archives ID
F59673
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/16913aaa-c617-4660-8fb3-6f46e1665c29

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, poet, playwright, librettist
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Field of work 2
poetry, drama
Educated at 1
Trinity College
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Dunstable
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Elkanah Settle was born on 1648[1] in Dunstable[2]. He died on February 12, 1724[3], in London[4]. He worked as a playwright[5], librettist[6], writer[7], poet[8], and author[9].

FAQs

Where was Elkanah Settle born?

Elkanah Settle's place of birth was Dunstable[2].

Where did Elkanah Settle die?

Elkanah Settle passed away in London[4].

What did Elkanah Settle do for work?

Elkanah Settle worked as a playwright[5], librettist[6], writer[7], poet[8], and author[9].

Where did Elkanah Settle go to school?

Elkanah Settle was educated at Trinity College[14].

Related Entities

drama London poetry

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65768: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → playwright, librettist, writer +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32117: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01321485
    "Removed claim: CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00401856, batch #257929"
  4. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01321485
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30850: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (6)"
  5. 26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CANTIC ID → 981058510187906706
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Described by source → Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature +1
    Educated at → Trinity College
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: CANTIC ID: 981058510187906706, batch #257405"
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