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John Caius

English physician (1510–1573)
Person human Q1227536
John Caius
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Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
October 6, 1510
Date of death
July 29, 1573
Place of birth
Norwich
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of England[6]
Occupation
physician
Employer
Gonville and Caius College[9]
Position held
Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, President of the Royal College of Physicians, President of the Royal College of Physicians[7][8]
Educated at
University of Padua, Gonville and Caius College, Norwich School[10][11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Latin[20]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, BEIC Digital Library, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Catholic Encyclopedia[16][17][18][19]
Given name
John[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Smithsonian Libraries Dibner Library portraits[21]
P14397
8463
P14608
118869876
P14977
RETE016476
Student
Realdo Colombo[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Caius ar جون كيوس de Johann Kay Cajus he ג'ון קאיוס ru Кайюс, Джон ru Каюс, Джон ru Джон Каюс ru Джон Кайус ru Джон Кайюс ru Кайус, Джон zh 約翰·凱斯 zh 约翰·凯斯
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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American Academy in Rome ID
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ArchINFORM person/group ID
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Artists of the World ID
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BHL creator ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BIU Santé person ID
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Base Budé person ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Biblissima authority ID
Grosswangen
British Museum person or institution ID
131589
CANTIC ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
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Cambridge Alumni Database ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Catholic Encyclopedia ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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DLL Catalog author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Early Modern Letters Online person ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Europeana entity
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FAST ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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LibriVox author ID
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McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID
C/caius-john
Medvik ID
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Munk's Roll ID
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Museo Galileo authority ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NL CR AUT ID
nlk20000083774
NUKAT ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007271921205171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810809246005606
National Library of Portugal ID
618104
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp67616
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Notable Names Database ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Open Library ID
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Open Plaques subject ID
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OpenMLOL author ID
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
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Project Gutenberg author ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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SBN author ID
UBOV428900
SHARE Catalogue author ID
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Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
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Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID
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The Galileo Project ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
981058617261106706
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/12545
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, BEIC Digital Library
Educated at 2
University of Padua, Gonville and Caius College
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of England
Employer 1
Gonville and Caius College
Founded entities 1
Gonville and Caius College
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Latin
Occupation 1
physician
Place of birth 1
Norwich
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
Student 1
Realdo Colombo
Students 1
Realdo Colombo
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Summary

John Caius was born on October 6, 1510[1], in Norwich[2]. He died on July 29, 1573[3], in London[4]. He worked as a physician[5].

FAQs

Where was John Caius born?

John Caius was born in Norwich[2].

Where did John Caius die?

John Caius passed away in London[4].

What did John Caius do for work?

John Caius worked as a physician[5].

Where did John Caius go to school?

John Caius was educated at University of Padua[10], Gonville and Caius College[11], and Norwich School[12].

Related Entities

Kingdom of England London University of Padua

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . CERL Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Munk's Roll. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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