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Ellis Minns

British archaeologist
Person human Q5365954

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
July 16, 1874
Date of death
June 13, 1953
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
anthropologist, archaeologist, university teacher, non-fiction writer
Employer
Encyclopædia Britannica, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge[10][11][12]
Field of work
archaeology[8]
Position held
Disney Professor of Archaeology[9]
Educated at
Pembroke College, Charterhouse School[13][14]
Award received
Knight Bachelor[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Family name
Minns[19]
Given name
Ellis[20]
Member of
Cambridge Antiquarian Society[17]
Student
Grahame Clark[15]
Writing language
English[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ellis Minns en Sir Ellis Hovell Minns es Ellis Howell Minns fi Ellis Hovel Minns fr Ellis H. Minns he אליס מינס ru Миннз, Эллис Ховелл ru Эллис Ховелл Миннз uk Еліс Міннз zh 埃利斯·明斯
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000083467140
VIAF cluster ID
109902912
Library of Congress authority ID
nr90013452
GND ID
1055198369
Archaeology Data Service person ID
55953, 1004023
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
minns-sir-ellis-hovell-1874-1953-knight-archaeologist-and-palaeographer
BIBSYS ID
1450443203775, 1450248439814
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124786423
CONOR.SR ID
59550473
Cambridge Alumni Database ID
MNS893EH
CiNii Research ID
1140845216808106752
EBAF authority ID
1540
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Freebase ID
/m/04lfjq
IdRef ID
033985359
Libraries Australia ID
35647873
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02695843
NDL Authority ID
00450162
NLA Trove people ID
1026099
NUKAT ID
n2003030392
National Library of Greece ID
285826
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001401269
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007293032705171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CwM6;=Bj
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810635523105606
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp142664
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067632610
Open Library ID
OL2399922A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
37773
Parsifal cluster ID
62056
Prabook ID
1893916
Propylaeum-VITAE ID
165167
RERO ID (legacy)
A003597505
SAIA authority ID
5a1d4d054ab9d081344cc524
SHARE Catalogue author ID
194574
SNAC ARK ID
w620972n
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI
SMVK-EM/name/25342635
Trismegistos editor ID
17943
UK National Archives ID
F38843
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
333593
Unz Review author ID
MinnsEllisH
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/157026
WBIS ID
B122170
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJk8VJWmH8CryFqvb4Dg8C
Yale LUX ID
person/ff2be2d0-c2a3-411d-ac04-f2736e069af3

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
archaeologist, anthropologist, university teacher, non-fiction writer
Employer 3
University of Cambridge, Encyclopædia Britannica, Pembroke College
Educated at 2
Pembroke College, Charterhouse School
Award received 1
Knight Bachelor
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Field of work 1
archaeology
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Sex or gender 1
male
Student 1
Grahame Clark
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Ellis Minns was born on July 16, 1874[1]. He died on June 13, 1953[2]. He worked as an anthropologist[3], archaeologist[4], university teacher[5], and non-fiction writer[6].

FAQs

What did Ellis Minns do for work?

Ellis Minns worked as an anthropologist[3], archaeologist[4], university teacher[5], and non-fiction writer[6].

Where did Ellis Minns go to school?

Ellis Minns was educated at Pembroke College[13] and Charterhouse School[14].

What awards did Ellis Minns receive?

Honors received include Knight Bachelor[16].

Related Entities

archaeology United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . thebritishacademy.ac.uk. thebritishacademy.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
    Student → Grahame Clark
    Member of → Cambridge Antiquarian Society
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