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John Crowne

British dramatist from Nova Scotia
Person human Q3181297

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
1640
Date of death
1712
Place of birth
London
Occupation
playwright, poet, writer
Educated at
Harvard College[8]
Father
William Crowne[7]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Date of baptism
April 6, 1641[16]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, New International Encyclopedia[11][12][13][14]
Given name
John[10]
Writing language
English[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Crowne
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000062992851
VIAF cluster ID
44344808
Library of Congress authority ID
n50018801
GND ID
122093119
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02310035
DDB person (GND) ID
122093119
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122093119
FAST ID
6014
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_122093119
Freebase ID
/m/01s9j7
IdRef ID
030574293
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KBR person ID
14619148
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
122093119
LBT person ID
JoCrown1712
Libraries Australia ID
35801047
NLA Trove people ID
1093447
NUKAT ID
n2015226117
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007463070705171
National Library of Latvia ID
000042620
National Virtual Library of India ID
296675
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07154223X
Open Library ID
OL2584891A
OpenMLOL author ID
139309
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
6832
RISM ID
people/30026788
SNAC ARK ID
w6028x32
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10003096
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1084
The Women's Print History Project person ID
4244
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10068231
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/180657
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/f331b338-2c8e-4dc4-b63e-ff577e394a89

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Summary

John Crowne was born on 1640[1] in London[2]. He died on 1712[3]. He worked as a playwright[4], poet[5], and writer[6].

FAQs

Where was John Crowne born?

John Crowne's place of birth was London[2].

Who were John Crowne's parents?

John Crowne's father was William Crowne[7].

What did John Crowne do for work?

John Crowne worked as a playwright[4], poet[5], and writer[6].

Where did John Crowne go to school?

John Crowne was educated at Harvard College[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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