Frederick Townsend Ward

American general (1831–1862)

Person human Q1453038

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: November 29, 1831
Date of death: September 22, 1862
Place of birth: Salem
Place of death: Ningbo
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: military personnel
Educated at: Norwich University^[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[20]
Archives at: Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library^[13]
Described by source: Continued Collected Stele Biographies, Draft History of Qing^[18]^[19]
Family name: Ward^[15]
Given name: Frederick, Townsend^[16]^[17]
Military branch: French Army^[11]
Military, police or special rank: brigadier general^[12]
Participated in conflict: Crimean War^[14]
Place of burial: Songjiang Fu, Harmony Grove Cemetery^[6]^[7]

🏷️ Also known as

en Frederick Townsend Ward en Frederick T. Ward en Frederick Ward ar فريدريك تاونسند وارد fa فردریک تاونزند وارد fr Frederick Ward fr Frédérick Ward ja フレデリック・ウォード ja フレデリック・タウンゼント・ウォード ja 華爾 ko 프레드릭 타운센드 워드 ko 화이 ko 프레드릭 T. 워드 ru Вард, Фредерик Таунсенд ru Уорд, Фредерик Таунсенд ru Фредерик Таунсенд Уорд zh 华尓 zh 华尔 zh 弗雷德里克·汤森德·华尔 zh 華爾

🔖 Identifiers · 30

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VIAF cluster ID: 69737441
Library of Congress authority ID: n79119219
GND ID: 11936591X
Academia Sinica authority ID: 014737
American National Biography ID: 2001075
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/92104
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12653419r
CBDB ID: 0124819
Ctext data entity ID: 907244
DDB person (GND) ID: 11936591X
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Frederick-Townsend-Ward

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FAST ID: 44230
Find a Grave memorial ID: 10902792
Freebase ID: /m/04j9lv
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000127856467039
Harper's tag: frederick-townsend-ward
IdRef ID: 050617397
Modern History Database person ID: gdfhkfjfzjkykhj
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000423747
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007275566405171
National Virtual Library of India ID: 444300
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 263516121
Open Library ID: OL7029581A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803120917641
SNAC ARK ID: w6z9223j
Shanghai Library person ID: yxeg5pkfn1my7f8y, rij1anu82sr5bidj
WikiTree person ID: Ward-23886
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJyCCmV3MDfCkGRxptgkDq
Yale LUX ID: person/7d4435d8-f464-40da-a7cc-032179f664c3

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Country of citizenship 1

United States

Described by source 1

Draft History of Qing

Educated at 1

Norwich University

Family name 1

Ward

Given name 1

Frederick

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Military branch 1

French Army

Military, police or special rank 1

brigadier general

Occupation 1

military personnel

Participated in conflict 1

Crimean War

Place of birth 1

Salem

Place of death 1

Ningbo

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Frederick Townsend Ward's place of birth was Salem^[1]. He was born on November 29, 1831^[2]. He passed away in Ningbo^[3]. He died on September 22, 1862^[4]. He worked as a military personnel^[5].

FAQs

Where was Frederick Townsend Ward born?

Frederick Townsend Ward's place of birth was Salem^[1].

Where did Frederick Townsend Ward die?

Frederick Townsend Ward died in Ningbo^[3].

What did Frederick Townsend Ward do for work?

Frederick Townsend Ward worked as military personnel^[5].

Where did Frederick Townsend Ward go to school?

Frederick Townsend Ward was educated at Norwich University^[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — place of birth (P19): Salem. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — place of death (P20): Ningbo. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — sex or gender (P21): male. China Biographical Database. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — educated at (P69): Norwich University. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — occupation (P106): military personnel. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — place of burial (P119): Songjiang Fu. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — place of burial (P119): Harmony Grove Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-07-03. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — military branch (P241): French Army. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — military, police or special rank (P410): brigadier general. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — archives at (P485): Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library. hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — date of birth (P569): November 29, 1831. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — date of death (P570): September 22, 1862. The Rise of Modern China, Sixth Edition. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — participated in conflict (P607): Crimean War. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — family name (P734): Ward. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — given name (P735): Frederick. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — given name (P735): Townsend. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — described by source (P1343): Continued Collected Stele Biographies. Academia Sinica Name Authority Database. Retrieved 2021-06-20. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — described by source (P1343): Draft History of Qing. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Frederick Townsend Ward — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Country of citizenship → United States

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