John Brockman

American literary agent
Person human Q1314332
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John Brockman

Summary

John Brockman is a human[1]. His place of birth was Boston[2]. He was born on +1941-02-16T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a literary agent[4] and writer[5]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (300 views/month, #7,108 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • John Brockman was born in Boston[2].
  • John Brockman was born on +1941-02-16T00:00:00Z[3].
  • John Brockman held citizenship in United States[7].
  • John Brockman worked as a literary agent[4].
  • John Brockman's professions included writer[5].
  • A notable work attributed to John Brockman is Edge Foundation, Inc.[8].
  • John Brockman's image is recorded as John Brockman at DLD.jpg[9].
  • John Brockman is recorded as male[10].
  • John Brockman's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • John Brockman's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121446907[12].
  • John Brockman's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 97702158[13].
  • John Brockman's GND ID is recorded as 133797988[14].
  • John Brockman's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50041423[15].
  • John Brockman's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500467380[16].
  • John Brockman's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11894114g[17].
  • John Brockman's IdRef ID is recorded as 02675410X[18].
  • John Brockman's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA04498898[19].
  • John Brockman's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00463803[20].
  • John Brockman's Commons category is recorded as John Brockman (literary agent)[21].
  • John Brockman's SBN author ID is recorded as CFIV075139[22].
  • John Brockman's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 49862246[23].
  • John Brockman's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/067_dx[24].
  • John Brockman's Open Library ID is recorded as OL412690A[25].
  • John Brockman's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0027571[26].
  • John Brockman's family name is recorded as Brockman[27].

Body

Origins and Family

John Brockman's place of birth was Boston[2]. He was born on +1941-02-16T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include literary agent[4] and writer[5].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to John Brockman is Edge Foundation, Inc.[8].

Why It Matters

John Brockman ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (300 views/month, #7,108 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Works attributed to him include The Third Culture[30], a written work[31], written by him[32].

FAQs

Where was John Brockman born?

John Brockman was born in Boston[2].

What did John Brockman do for work?

John Brockman worked as literary agent[4] and writer[5].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Open Library. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [8] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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