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George Chalmers

British antiquarian; (1742-1825)
Person Human Q320810
George Chalmers
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Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
1742
Date of death
May 31, 1825
Place of birth
Moray
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[10]
Occupation
economist, statistician, writer, biographer, historian, lawyer[11]
Educated at
University of Edinburgh, King's College, University of Aberdeen[12][13][14]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[29]
Archives at
New York Public Library Main Branch[19]
Depicted by
George Chalmers, 1742 - 1825. Author of Caledonia[22]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23][24][25][26][27][28]
Family name
Chalmers[20]
Given name
George[21]
Member of
Royal Society of London, Bannatyne Club[16][17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library[30]
🏷️ Also known as
en George Chalmers he ג'ורג' צ'אלמרס ru Джордж Чальмерс ru Чальмерс, Джордж sv Chalmers
🔖 Identifiers · 62
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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Alvin ID
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Archaeology Data Service person ID
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Archives at Yale agent ID
people/63975
BAnQ authority ID
0000039805
BIBSYS ID
2068953
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
1175
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British Museum person or institution ID
132384
CERL Thesaurus ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
116481773
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116481773
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Sant'Alessio con Vialone
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
116481773
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0012987
Electronic Enlightenment ID
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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J9U entity ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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LBT person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02472882
NLA Trove people ID
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NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Chile ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000007116
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000408685
National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Portugal ID
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National Library of Wales Authority ID
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp00819
National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Online Books Page author ID
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825
Open Library ID
OL646694A
OpenMLOL author ID
138166
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
5028
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095600990
Past Fellow of the Royal Society ID
NA2920
Project Gutenberg author ID
40770
RERO ID (legacy)
A003093103, A022776409
Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae ID
RETE019975
SBN author ID
MILV019140
SHARE Catalogue author ID
702826
SNAC ARK ID
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SNARC ID
SummerSlam
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
17943
Spenserians person ID
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UK National Archives ID
F44947
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WikiTree person ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Occupation 6
writer, lawyer, historian, economist, statistician, biographer
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Educated at 2
University of Edinburgh, University of Aberdeen
Archives at 1
New York Public Library Main Branch
Award received 1
Fellow of the Royal Society
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Sant'Alessio con Vialone
Given name 1
George
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Society of London
Place of birth 1
Moray
Place of death 1
London
SNARC ID 1
SummerSlam
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

George Chalmers was born in 1742[1] in Moray[2]. He died on May 31, 1825[3], in London[4]. He worked as an economist[5], statistician[6], writer[7], biographer[8], and historian[9].

FAQs

Where was George Chalmers born?

George Chalmers was born in Moray[2].

Where did George Chalmers die?

George Chalmers passed away in London[4].

What did George Chalmers do for work?

George Chalmers worked as an economist[5], statistician[6], writer[7], biographer[8], and historian[9].

Where did George Chalmers go to school?

George Chalmers was educated at University of Edinburgh[12], King's College[13], and University of Aberdeen[14].

What awards did George Chalmers receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[15].

Related Entities

lawyer London Sant'Alessio con Vialone United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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  3. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [7] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. Retrieved . archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [27] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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