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Henry Gannett

United States geographer (1846-1914)
Person human Q5721812

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
August 24, 1846
Date of death
November 5, 1914
Place of birth
Bath
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
geographer, cartographer, statistician, map maker, geologist
Employer
United States Geological Survey[15]
Field of work
geography, cartography, topographic cartography, topographic mapping, census[10][11][12][13][14]
Educated at
Harvard University[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Contributed to creative work
Popular Science[23]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[26]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok[20]
Family name
Gannett[18]
Given name
Henry[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Smithsonian Names[24]
Participant in
Harriman Alaska Expedition[21]
Writing language
English[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Henry Gannett ar هنري غانيت nl Henry Gannett zh 亨利·甘尼特
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000081066511
VIAF cluster ID
61851802
Library of Congress authority ID
n50017344
GND ID
117715832
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Henry Gannett.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1300582
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/81201
BHL creator ID
12328
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15342517s
CANTIC ID
981058516747206706
DDB person (GND) ID
117715832
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117715832
Show all 42 identifiers +30
FAST ID
5471
Freebase ID
/m/09dbx2
Geni.com profile ID
6000000004565945129
Geographicus cartographer ID
gannetthenry
George Eastman Museum people ID
23130
IdRef ID
079994725
Isidore scholar ID
gannett_henry_auteur_du_texte
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117715832
Libraries Australia ID
35111635
LibriVox author ID
2916
NL CR AUT ID
mub20181014675
NLA Trove people ID
829942
NUKAT ID
n2019156184
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007462901905171
National Library of Portugal ID
189707
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1714247
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071778934
Open Library ID
OL165475A, OL2593790A
OpenMLOL author ID
277850
Peakbagger climber ID
205
Project Gutenberg author ID
52462
SHARE Catalogue author ID
313722
SNAC ARK ID
w64r8j26, w6bg37tj
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10582935
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058516747206706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1292626
Wellcome Collection concept ID
a44vuhwe
WikiTree person ID
Gannett-157
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtX3GyT9Qfb7gKrPwfH4q
Yale LUX ID
person/184ad856-7938-4c82-97dd-34164c6cb076

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 3
geography, census, cartography
Occupation 3
geographer, statistician, cartographer
Named after 2
Gannett Peak, Gannett Glacier
Contributed to creative work 1
Popular Science
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
Nordisk familjebok
Educated at 1
Harvard University
Employer 1
United States Geological Survey
Given name 1
Henry
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Bath
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Henry Gannett was born on August 24, 1846[1], in Bath[2]. He died on November 5, 1914[3]. He worked as a geographer[4], cartographer[5], statistician[6], map maker[7], and geologist[8].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Henry Gannett include Gannett Peak[27], a mountain[28], in United States[29] and Gannett Glacier[30], a glacier[31], in United States[32].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Gannett Peak[27], a mountain[28], in United States[29] and Gannett Glacier[30], a glacier[31], in United States[32].

FAQs

Where was Henry Gannett born?

Henry Gannett's place of birth was Bath[2].

What did Henry Gannett do for work?

Henry Gannett worked as a geographer[4], cartographer[5], statistician[6], map maker[7], and geologist[8].

Where did Henry Gannett go to school?

Henry Gannett was educated at Harvard University[16].

Related Entities

geography United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 23w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok
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  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → geographer, cartographer, statistician +2
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