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George William Childs

American publisher (1829-1894)
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George William Childs
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Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
May 12, 1829, 1829[9]
Date of death
February 3, 1894, 1894[10]
Place of birth
Baltimore
Place of death
Philadelphia
Country of citizenship
United States[13]
Occupation
publisher, journalist, art collector, writer
Spouse
Emma Peterson Childs[12]
Archives at
New York Public Library Main Branch[18]
Described by source
Library of the World's Best Literature, The American Portrait Gallery, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22][23][24][25]
Family name
Childs[19]
Given name
George[20]
Member of
American Antiquarian Society, Grolier Club[14][15]
Military branch
United States Navy[17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject New York Public Library[26][27]
Place of burial
Laurel Hill Cemetery[11]
Relative
Robert Evans Peterson[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en George W. Childs en George William Childs ar جورج وليم تشايلدز
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000029789210
VIAF cluster ID
72503717
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88673024
GND ID
130578681
American Academy in Rome ID
12384843
American National Biography ID
1602604
Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America ID
3789
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/93775
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
10430148r
CERL Thesaurus ID
cni00039488, cnp00687752
DDB person (GND) ID
130578681
Darwin Correspondence ID
7415
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
130578681
FAST ID
240078
FamilySearch person ID
LRW7-VW3
Find a Grave memorial ID
8073274
Freebase ID
/m/06p5_1
Geni profile ID
6000000144771420063
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
132374048
Open Library ID
OL639212A
OpenMLOL author ID
379588
Prabook ID
1045722
SNAC ARK ID
w68x44hh, w6nz89dh
Trading Card Database name ID
184307
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfx9CTkr9XKVFd67XYMfq
Yale LUX ID
person/0e74c0fb-4062-45d1-9f89-cc550185dc90

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, journalist, publisher, art collector
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Member of 2
American Antiquarian Society, Grolier Club
Archives at 1
New York Public Library Main Branch
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
George
Instance of 1
human
Military branch 1
United States Navy
Place of birth 1
Baltimore
Place of death 1
Philadelphia
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

George William Childs was born on May 12, 1829[1], in Baltimore[2]. He died on February 3, 1894[3], in Philadelphia[4]. He worked as a publisher[5], journalist[6], art collector[7], and writer[8].

FAQs

Where was George William Childs born?

George William Childs was born in Baltimore[2].

Where did George William Childs die?

George William Childs died in Philadelphia[4].

Who was George William Childs married to?

George William Childs's spouses include Emma Peterson Childs[12].

What did George William Childs do for work?

George William Childs worked as a publisher[5], journalist[6], art collector[7], and writer[8].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. Retrieved . archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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