James Christie

British auctioneer and founder of Christie's auction house (1730–1803)
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James Christie

Summary

James Christie is a human[1]. His place of birth was Perth[2]. He was born on +1730-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in Pall Mall[4]. He died on +1803-01-01T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as an auctioneer[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month, #7,256 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • James Christie's place of birth was Perth[2].
  • James Christie died in Pall Mall[4].
  • James Christie was born on +1730-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • James Christie died on +1803-01-01T00:00:00Z[5].
  • A child of James Christie was James Christie[8].
  • A child of James Christie was Charles Christie[9].
  • James Christie held citizenship in Kingdom of Great Britain[10].
  • James Christie held citizenship in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[11].
  • James Christie's professions included auctioneer[6].
  • James Christie's image is recorded as Thomas Gainsborough - Portrait of James Christie.jpg[12].
  • James Christie is recorded as male[13].
  • James Christie's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • James Christie's ISNI is recorded as 0000000084502710[15].
  • James Christie's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 45730690[16].
  • James Christie's GND ID is recorded as 1060090317[17].
  • James Christie's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85099785[18].
  • James Christie's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500355329[19].
  • James Christie's IdRef ID is recorded as 12493482X[20].
  • James Christie's Commons category is recorded as James Christie[21].
  • James Christie's SBN author ID is recorded as VEAV551652[22].
  • James Christie's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ggb0gz[23].
  • James Christie's Open Library ID is recorded as OL4992125A[24].
  • James Christie's RKDartists ID is recorded as 491439[25].
  • James Christie's family name is recorded as Christie[26].
  • James Christie's given name is recorded as James[27].

Body

Origins and Family

James Christie was born in Perth[2]. He was born on +1730-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

James Christie worked as an auctioneer[6].

Personal Life

Children include James Christie[8], a businessperson[28], 1773–1831[29], of Kingdom of Great Britain[30] and Charles Christie[9], a military officer[31], 1750–1812[32], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[33].

Death and Burial

James Christie died on +1803-01-01T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in Pall Mall[4].

Why It Matters

James Christie ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month, #7,256 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

Where was James Christie born?

James Christie's place of birth was Perth[2].

Where did James Christie die?

James Christie died in Pall Mall[4].

What did James Christie do for work?

James Christie worked as auctioneer[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . The Paintings of William Blake. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . CERL Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] . British Museum person-institution thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [5] . British Museum person-institution thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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