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Janet Holmes

New Zealand sociolinguist
Person Human Q17388457

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[17]
Date of birth
May 17, 1947
Place of birth
Liverpool
Country of citizenship
New Zealand[7]
Occupation
sociolinguist, academic, writer, linguist
Employer
Victoria University of Wellington, Australian National University[10][11]
Position held
full professor, professor emeritus[8][9]
Educated at
University of Leeds[12]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1994), Dame Joan Metge Medal, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2015)[14][15][16]
Doctoral student
Joan Waldvogel, Neda Salahshour, Mariana Lazzaro-Salazar, Jay Woodhams, Julia De Bres, Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi, Hilary Smith, Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook, Karena Kelly[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Academic degree
Doctor of Letters (2019)[27]
Described by source
150 women in 150 words[30]
Family name
Holmes[28]
Given name
Janet[29]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[32]
Student
Maria Stubbe[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Janet Holmes ar جانيت هولمز
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1791-033X
VIAF cluster ID
19729804
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83203179
GND ID
131972340
OpenAlex ID
A5021370397
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Janet Holmes ONZM (cropped).jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
162505
BIBSYS ID
90582084
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122240156
CANTIC ID
981058605101006706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12117743
CiNii Research ID
1140282266794506240
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FAST ID
1459203
Freebase ID
/m/011c9wz1
IdRef ID
030920833
J9U entity ID
987007276091505171
Libraries Australia ID
35109538
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00353077
NL CR AUT ID
jx20070511008
NSK (VIAF) ID
000361990
NSK ID
981005788201309366
NUKAT ID
n00052201
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls002743661
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202274128
National Library of Latvia ID
000076560
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810570685205606
National Virtual Library of India ID
444211
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067831346
RERO ID (legacy)
A003380223
SHARE Catalogue author ID
304686
UOM ID
53492
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058605101006706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJm9bwkVjJqHKPqfr7ppT3
Yale LUX ID
person/1f7a0589-f4b1-4967-b98f-8f8c42453601

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
writer, academic, sociolinguist
Employer 2
Australian National University, Victoria University of Wellington
Position held 2
professor emeritus, full professor
Award received 1
Dame Joan Metge Medal
Country of citizenship 1
New Zealand
Described by source 1
150 women in 150 words
Educated at 1
University of Leeds
Family name 1
Holmes
Given name 1
Janet
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Liverpool
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Janet Holmes was born on May 17, 1947[1], in Liverpool[2]. She has worked as a sociolinguist[3], academic[4], writer[5], and linguist[6].

FAQs

Where was Janet Holmes born?

Janet Holmes's place of birth was Liverpool[2].

What did Janet Holmes do for work?

Janet Holmes worked as a sociolinguist[3], academic[4], writer[5], and linguist[6].

Where did Janet Holmes go to school?

Janet Holmes was educated at University of Leeds[12].

What awards did Janet Holmes receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi[14], Dame Joan Metge Medal[15], and Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit[16].

Related Entities

150 women in 150 words Liverpool New Zealand

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . victoria.ac.nz. victoria.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved . wgtn.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved . wgtn.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . dpmc.govt.nz. dpmc.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . warwick.ac.uk. warwick.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [13] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved . royalsociety.org.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . doi.org. doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65762: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 7w ago · Redpandacat · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Academic degree → Doctor of Letters
    "Created claim: Academic degree: Doctor of Letters, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790487654920"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → sociolinguist, academic, writer +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31727: import P21 and P106 from GND (20)"
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