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James Parton

American biographer (1822–1891)
Person human Q1680949

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
February 9, 1822
Date of death
October 17, 1891
Place of birth
Canterbury
Place of death
Newburyport
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
writer, biographer, literary scholar
Field of work
biography[10]
Genre
biography[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15][16][17]
Family name
Parton[13]
Given name
James[14]
P14397
6488[20]
Place of burial
Oak Hill Cemetery[8]
Writing language
English[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Parton ru Джеймс Партон ru Партон, Джеймс
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
0000000082072251
VIAF cluster ID
25714687
Library of Congress authority ID
n50050588
GND ID
130543322
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
James Parton - Schriftsteller.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1601262
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/68362
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12668698v
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00684968
Collective Biographies of Women ID
13677
DDB person (GND) ID
130543322
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/James-Parton
Show all 36 identifiers +24
FAST ID
17184
Find a Grave memorial ID
80799903
Freebase ID
/m/05xh71v
Harper's tag
james-parton
KBR person ID
14035171
Libraries Australia ID
35410893
LibriVox author ID
2259
NL CR AUT ID
xx0212668
NLA Trove people ID
942954
NUKAT ID
n2013145683
National Library of Greece ID
237671
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000216154
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007303561405171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
168417855
Notable Names Database ID
018/000115670
Online Books Page author ID
Parton, James, 1822-1891
Open Library ID
OL355031A
OpenMLOL author ID
23343
Project Gutenberg author ID
2129
SNAC ARK ID
w6z89s40
Wellcome Collection concept ID
xk5gcs3n
WikiTree person ID
Parton-867
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwmXrH4HXtXwXq6VBbrv3
Yale LUX ID
person/208bdada-8249-41aa-afec-aac7affc5da9

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Occupation 2
writer, biographer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
biography
Genre 1
biography
Given name 1
James
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Canterbury
Place of death 1
Newburyport
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

James Parton was born on February 9, 1822[1], in Canterbury[2]. He died on October 17, 1891[3], in Newburyport[4]. He worked as a writer[5], biographer[6], and literary scholar[7].

FAQs

Where was James Parton born?

James Parton's place of birth was Canterbury[2].

Where did James Parton die?

James Parton died in Newburyport[4].

What did James Parton do for work?

James Parton worked as a writer[5], biographer[6], and literary scholar[7].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'pam', 'ru']
    Harper's tag → james-parton
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: james-parton, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289940051|james parton (#289940051)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 24w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14397 → 6488
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14397: 6488, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258229|batch #258229]]"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Occupation → writer, biographer, literary scholar
    Sex or gender → male
    Genre → biography
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31725|batch #31725]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (19)"
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