Jim Kent

American bioinformatician
Person human Q6196102

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
February 10, 1960
Place of birth
Hawaii
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Doctoral advisor
Alan M Zahler[10]
Doctoral student
Daryl Jay Thomas[15]
Family name
Kent[16]
Given name
William, James[17]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
🏷️ Also known as
en Jim Kent en William James Kent en W. James Kent ar جيم كينت ru Джим Кент zh 吉姆·肯特
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
71198821
Library of Congress authority ID
no2008057346
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jim Kent.JPG ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81323492017
Freebase ID
/m/09hhwd
Google Scholar author ID
dnKnXxIAAAAJ
MR Author ID
1110518
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
133611
Prabook ID
1753768
Topic's main category
Category:Jim Kent
Wellcome Collection concept ID
z8pnhbga
Show all 13 identifiers +1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwxJwvhjXbFRbPW7khGpP

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Jim Kent was born in Hawaii[1]. He was born on February 10, 1960[2]. He worked as a biologist[3] and bioinformatician[4].

Body

Education

Educated at University of California, Santa Cruz[7], a campus[18], in United States[19], founded in 1965[20] and College of Marin[8], an educational institution[21], in United States[22], founded in 1926[23].

Recognition

Awards received include Benjamin Franklin Award[11], a science award[24], in United States[25], founded in 2002[26]; Overton Prize[12], a science award[27], founded in 2001[28]; and ASHG Scientific Achievement Award[13], a genetics award[29], founded in 2001[30].

FAQs

Where was Jim Kent born?

Born in Hawaii[1].

What did Jim Kent do for work?

Jim Kent worked as biologist[3] and bioinformatician[4].

Where did Jim Kent go to school?

Jim Kent was educated at University of California, Santa Cruz[7], College of Marin[8], and University of California, Santa Cruz[9].

What awards did Jim Kent receive?

Honors received include Benjamin Franklin Award[11], Overton Prize[12], and ASHG Scientific Achievement Award[13].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Jim Kent. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/jim-kent
MLA “Jim Kent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/jim-kent.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_jim-kent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Jim Kent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/jim-kent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Jim Kent — https://4ort.xyz/entity/jim-kent (retrieved 2026-11-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/jim-kent · Last refreshed: