Goff Richards

British composer from Cornwall
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Goff Richards

Summary

Goff Richards is a human[1]. He was born on August 18, 1944[2]. He died on June 25, 2011[3]. He worked as a conductor[4], composer[5], saxophonist[6], and musicologist[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #7,287 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Goff Richards was born on August 18, 1944[2].
  • Goff Richards died on June 25, 2011[3].
  • Goff Richards held citizenship in United Kingdom[9].
  • Goff Richards's professions included conductor[4].
  • Goff Richards worked as a composer[5].
  • Goff Richards worked as a saxophonist[6].
  • Goff Richards worked as a musicologist[7].
  • Goff Richards's education included a stint at Royal College of Music[10].
  • Goff Richards's education included a stint at University of Reading[11].
  • Goff Richards was a member of Gorsedh Kernow[12].
  • Goff Richards is recorded as male[13].
  • Goff Richards's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Goff Richards's family name is recorded as Richards[15].
  • Goff Richards's instrument is recorded as saxophone[16].
  • Goff Richards's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[18]

  • Country: GB[19]

  • Began / founded: 1944-08-18[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2011-06-25[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6020365a-828a-4359-93b2-64ca32b2ca69[22]

Body

Origins and Family

Goff Richards was born on August 18, 1944[2].

Education

Educated at Royal College of Music[10], a conservatory[23], in United Kingdom[24], founded in 1882[25], headquartered in London[26] and University of Reading[11], a university[27], in United Kingdom[28], founded in 1892[29].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include conductor[4], composer[5], saxophonist[6], and musicologist[7].

Death and Burial

Goff Richards died on June 25, 2011[3].

Why It Matters

Goff Richards ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #7,287 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

FAQs

What did Goff Richards do for work?

Goff Richards worked as conductor[4], composer[5], saxophonist[6], and musicologist[7].

Where did Goff Richards go to school?

Goff Richards was educated at Royal College of Music[10] and University of Reading[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Carnegie Hall linked open data. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . gorsedhkernow.org.uk. Retrieved . gorsedhkernow.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [2] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . thedeadrockstarsclub.com. thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Educated at Royal College of Music, University of Reading
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