Howard Marks

Welsh author and drug smuggler (1945-2016)
Person human Q1631875
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Howard Marks

Summary

Howard Marks is a human[1]. He was born in Kenfig Hill[2]. He was born on August 13, 1945[3]. He died in Leeds[4]. He died on April 10, 2016[5]. He worked as an actor[6], autobiographer[7], writer[8], drug trafficker[9], and artist[10]. He ranks in the top 0.67% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,401 views/month, #6,746 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • Howard Marks's place of birth was Kenfig Hill[2].
  • Howard Marks passed away in Leeds[4].
  • Howard Marks was born on August 13, 1945[3].
  • Howard Marks died on April 10, 2016[5].
  • A child of Howard Marks was Amber Marks[12].
  • Howard Marks held citizenship in United Kingdom[13].
  • Howard Marks's professions included actor[6].
  • Howard Marks's professions included autobiographer[7].
  • Howard Marks worked as a writer[8].
  • Howard Marks's professions included drug trafficker[9].
  • Howard Marks worked as an artist[10].
  • Howard Marks's field of work was Q1259990[14].
  • Howard Marks's field of work was drug smuggling[15].
  • Howard Marks's field of work was criminality[16].
  • Howard Marks's field of work was biography[17].
  • Howard Marks's field of work was creative and professional writing[18].
  • Howard Marks was educated at Balliol College[19].
  • Howard Marks's education included a stint at University of London[20].
  • Howard Marks was educated at University of Sussex[21].
  • Howard Marks is recorded as male[22].
  • Howard Marks's instance of is recorded as human[23].
  • Howard Marks's Commons category is recorded as Howard Marks[24].
  • The cause of death was colorectal cancer[25].
  • Howard Marks's residence is recorded as Palma[26].
  • Howard Marks's residence is recorded as Leeds[27].

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[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1945-08-13[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2016-04-10[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2a55af46-25df-416e-998c-a2412ae31b9d[32]

Body

Origins and Family

Howard Marks's place of birth was Kenfig Hill[2]. He was born on August 13, 1945[3].

Education

Educated at Balliol College[19], a college of the University of Oxford[33], in United Kingdom[34], founded in 1263[35], headquartered in Oxford[36]; University of London[20], a university[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 1836[39], headquartered in London[40]; and University of Sussex[21], a public research university[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 1961[43], headquartered in Sussex House[44].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include actor[6], autobiographer[7], writer[8], drug trafficker[9], and artist[10]. Fields of work include Q1259990[14]; drug smuggling[15]; criminality[16], a social phenomenon[45]; biography[17], a literary genre[46]; and creative and professional writing[18], an academic discipline[47].

Personal Life

A child of Howard Marks was Amber Marks[12].

Death and Burial

Howard Marks died on April 10, 2016[5]. He passed away in Leeds[4]. The cause of death was colorectal cancer[25].

Why It Matters

Howard Marks ranks in the top 0.67% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,401 views/month, #6,746 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] He is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

FAQs

Where was Howard Marks born?

Howard Marks's place of birth was Kenfig Hill[2].

Where did Howard Marks die?

Howard Marks died in Leeds[4].

What did Howard Marks do for work?

Howard Marks worked as actor[6], autobiographer[7], writer[8], drug trafficker[9], and artist[10].

Where did Howard Marks go to school?

Howard Marks was educated at Balliol College[19], University of London[20], and University of Sussex[21].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [23] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] . wikidata.org.
  17. [8] . wikidata.org.
  18. [9] . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . filmportal.de. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [5] . The Guardian. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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