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John Bach McMaster

American historian (1852-1932)
Person human Q15513520

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
June 29, 1852
Date of death
May 24, 1932
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
historian, engineer, writer
Employer
Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania[9][10]
Educated at
City College of New York[11]
Doctoral student
Frederic L. Paxson, Arthur Charles Cole[16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Described by source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Nordisk familjebok, Library of the World's Best Literature, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20][21][22][23]
Family name
McMaster[18]
Given name
John[19]
Member of
American Antiquarian Society, American Historical Association, American Academy of Arts and Letters[12][13][14]
Place of burial
Laurel Hill Cemetery[7]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
0000000083661218
VIAF cluster ID
25846168
Library of Congress authority ID
n50012908
GND ID
135860784
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Bach McMaster.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
47957
Academy of Athens authority ID
3000
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151060706
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/96847
BHL creator ID
143022
BabelNet ID
00048295n
DDB person (GND) ID
135860784
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/John-Bach-McMaster
FAST ID
3921
Find a Grave memorial ID
60107770
Freebase ID
/m/059whz
IdRef ID
091556279
Interlingual Index ID
i96190
KBR person ID
14357223
Libraries Australia ID
35342883
LibriVox author ID
14331
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
214924
NLA Trove people ID
918730
NUKAT ID
n2012160265
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000251883
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007300663205171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810697455005606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
085881651
Notable Names Database ID
093/000047949
Online Books Page author ID
McMaster, John Bach, 1852-1932
Open Library ID
OL113205A
OpenMLOL author ID
37287
Prabook ID
2220708
Project Gutenberg author ID
2242
SBN author ID
VEAV543900
SNAC ARK ID
w6cr6bzs
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
john-bach-mcmaster
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11189754-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJy8rg7rG7yGPQ3T3VQg8C
Yale LUX ID
person/af618e90-bc08-4911-9a8d-ef689da34eef

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🔗 Connections
Member of 3
American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Historical Association, American Antiquarian Society
Occupation 3
writer, engineer, historian
Described by source 2
Nordisk familjebok, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Employer 2
Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral student 1
Frederic L. Paxson
Doctoral students 1
Frederic L. Paxson
Educated at 1
City College of New York
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Brooklyn
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Bach McMaster was born on June 29, 1852[1], in Brooklyn[2]. He died on May 24, 1932[3]. He worked as a historian[4], engineer[5], and writer[6].

Why It Matters

His notable doctoral advisees include Frederic L. Paxson[25], a historian[26], 1877–1948[27], of United States[28], awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History[29].

FAQs

Where was John Bach McMaster born?

John Bach McMaster's place of birth was Brooklyn[2].

What did John Bach McMaster do for work?

John Bach McMaster worked as a historian[4], engineer[5], and writer[6].

Where did John Bach McMaster go to school?

John Bach McMaster was educated at City College of New York[11].

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  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
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  10. [7] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [22] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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