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George Sandys

English traveller, colonist, poet, translator
Person human Q5544276
George Sandys
Robert Alonzo Brock, Virgil Anson Lewis · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
March 2, 1578
Date of death
March 1, 1644
Place of birth
Bishopthorpe Palace
Place of death
Boxley, Boxley Abbey[3][10]
Country of citizenship
England[13]
Occupation
travel writer, colonizer, poet, writer, translator, explorer, politician[5][6][7][8][9][14]
Educated at
St Mary Hall[15]
Notable work
Wikidata item[16]
Father
Edwin Sandys[11]
Mother
Cecilia Wilford[12]
Sibling
Edwin Sandys
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Latin
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, BEIC Digital Library, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2004), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia[20][21][22][23]
Family name
Sandys[18]
Given name
George[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Christian Hymns
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Mr. Sandys en George Sands en George Sandys en G. S. el Τζωρτζ Σάντυς he ג'ורג' סנדיס ru Джордж Сэндис ru Сэндис, Джордж zh 喬治·桑迪斯
🔖 Identifiers · 70
ISNI
0000000081560309
VIAF cluster ID
76334788
Library of Congress authority ID
n50016635
GND ID
118794418
Academy of Athens authority ID
39444
American National Biography ID
1601439
BIBSYS ID
90365848
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120501749
Biblissima authority ID
Eileach an Naoimh
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
6457
Book Owners Online person ID
George_Sandys, George_Sandys_1578-1644
British Museum person or institution ID
161821
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CANTIC ID
981061690490606706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01322812
CiNii Research ID
1140000791595425920
DDB person (GND) ID
118794418
Database of Classical Scholars ID
9091-sandys-george
De Agostini ID
Sandys,+George
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118794418
Dictionnaire de spiritualité ID
9403
Discogs artist ID
2823245
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
4eb42bda-0508-474e-8a69-53e8dc9e11b7
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/George-Sandys
FAST ID
5217
Freebase ID
/m/02d6kq
Genealogics.org person ID
I00427203
Goodreads author ID
736787
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/640327645118
Hymnary author ID
Sandys_George
Hyperion Records person ID
C2276
IMSLP ID
Category:Sandys,_George
IdRef ID
028724879
Istrapedia ID
2323
LBT person ID
GeSandy1644
Libraries Australia ID
35474878
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02210558
NLA Trove people ID
966391
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/3D40C67F-C88C-49A9-87AB-567AA0FB4BD4
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000116400
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007267568905171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1756074
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp126665
National Virtual Library of India ID
421538
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069984174
Open Library ID
OL1742765A
OpenMLOL author ID
113616
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
24651
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100440546
Parsifal cluster ID
93134
Prabook ID
3738236
RERO ID (legacy)
A003784491
RISM ID
people/30065428
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
100369
SBN author ID
VIAV095878
SHARE Catalogue author ID
709605
SNAC ARK ID
w6t18tmn
Shakeosphere person ID
56434
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10010686
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI
LSH/agents/42129
The Peerage person ID
p57250.htm#i572495
Treccani ID
george-sandys
UK National Archives ID
F31219
Unz Review author ID
SandysGeorge
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10310512
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/92403
WeRelate person ID
George_Sandys_(2)
Wellcome Collection concept ID
p4jn7ezx
WikiTree person ID
Sandys-86
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkD3chkrYRYMyT7fdChHC
Yale LUX ID
person/54b7908e-ec87-45e2-8e3e-0fe1915ef7f1

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
writer, poet, politician, translator, explorer, travel writer
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Nordisk familjebok, BEIC Digital Library
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Latin
Country of citizenship 1
England
Father 1
Edwin Sandys
Given name 1
George
Instance of 1
human
Parent of 1
Edwin Sandys
Place of birth 1
Bishopthorpe Palace
Place of death 1
Boxley
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

George Sandys was born in Bishopthorpe Palace[1]. He was born on March 2, 1578[2]. He passed away in Boxley[3]. He died on March 1, 1644[4]. He worked as a travel writer[5], colonizer[6], poet[7], writer[8], and translator[9].

Body

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include Boxley[3], a village[24], in United Kingdom[25] and Boxley Abbey[10], an abbey[26], in United Kingdom[27], founded in 1101[28].

FAQs

Where was George Sandys born?

Born in Bishopthorpe Palace[1].

Where did George Sandys die?

George Sandys passed away in Boxley[3].

Who were George Sandys's parents?

George Sandys's father was Edwin Sandys[11]. George Sandys's mother was Cecilia Wilford[12].

What did George Sandys do for work?

George Sandys worked as travel writer[5], colonizer[6], poet[7], writer[8], and translator[9].

Where did George Sandys go to school?

George Sandys was educated at St Mary Hall[15].

Related Entities

England

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . poemhunter.com. poemhunter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . CERL Thesaurus. Retrieved . freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Genealogics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Genealogics. Retrieved . journals.cambridge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . Genealogics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: 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

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'pl', 'ru', 'sv', 'tr']
    Place of death → Boxley, Boxley Abbey
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10w ago · Kiwigirl3850 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject Christian Hymns
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Christian Hymns"
  3. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Eileach an Naoimh
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  4. 21w ago · Eievie · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → Wikidata item
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  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CANTIC ID → 981061690490606706
    Educated at → St Mary Hall
    Country of citizenship → England
    Educated at → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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