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James Riker

American historian (1822-1899)
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James Riker
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Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
May 11, 1822
Date of death
1889
Occupation
historian
Father
James Riker[4]
Mother
Elizabeth Van Arsdale[5]
Sibling
John Lafayette Riker[10]
Archives at
New York Public Library Main Branch[7]
Family name
Riker[8]
Given name
James[9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library
🏷️ Also known as
en James Riker en James Riker Jr. ja ジェームズ・ライカー
🔖 Identifiers · 16
ISNI
0000000081920001
VIAF cluster ID
1403653
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84028148
FAST ID
127688
Freebase ID
/m/05yfxb2
NLA Trove people ID
1255739
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
23801875X
Online Books Page author ID
Riker, James, 1822-1889
Open Library ID
OL1249713A
OpenMLOL author ID
152503
Prabook ID
2191227
Project Gutenberg author ID
36395
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SNAC ARK ID
w6g44vnx
WikiTree person ID
Riker-417
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqFMJtdj3KtCPwb8WVgrq
Yale LUX ID
person/8cbe3cb0-629c-4fbe-8591-2bd9c6e19bc9

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Summary

James Riker was born on May 11, 1822[1]. He died in 1889[2]. He worked as a historian[3].

FAQs

Who were James Riker's parents?

James Riker's father was James Riker[4]. James Riker's mother was Elizabeth Van Arsdale[5].

What did James Riker do for work?

James Riker worked as historian[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . archives.nypl.org. Retrieved . archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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