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John Freely

American physicist (1926-2017)
Person Human Q6234172

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
1926, June 26, 1926[10]
Date of death
April 20, 2017
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Istanbul
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
physicist, university teacher, historian, author, teacher, non-fiction writer, travel writer[12][13]
Employer
Boğaziçi University[16]
Field of work
travel, history of a city[14][15]
Educated at
Iona University, New York University, University of Oxford[17][18][19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Family name
Freely[21]
Given name
John[22]
Name in native language
John Freely[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Freely de Freely, John
🔖 Identifiers · 55
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
85454406
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50025695
GND ID
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American Academy in Rome ID
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Angelicum ID
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ArchINFORM person/group ID
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BHCL UUID
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BIBSYS ID
90230476
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122535180
CANTIC ID
981058521229506706
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CBDB.cz author ID
21989
CONOR.BG ID
20160357
CONOR.SI ID
160131939
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
108345564
Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
108345564
ELNET ID
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FAST ID
1933008
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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J9U entity ID
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JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
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KBR person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
000599356
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
n93105051
National Library of Brazil ID
000262204
National Library of Greece ID
78869
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls002692811
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200509547
National Library of Latvia ID
000019403
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:Cc3+;=BJ
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810585145305606
National Library of Portugal ID
1597035
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX933044
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07212301X
Open Library ID
OL4356227A
Parsifal cluster ID
105429
RERO ID (legacy)
A003261754
SHARE Catalogue author ID
639219
SVKKL authority ID
0211860-Freely-John-19262017
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058521229506706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1372116
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/e18da0b6-58df-4103-8e30-7cb10ec8ab18

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
teacher, historian, author, physicist, university teacher
Educated at 3
University of Oxford, New York University, Iona University
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Employer 1
Boğaziçi University
Field of work 1
travel
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Brooklyn
Place of death 1
Istanbul
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Freely was born in 1926[1] in Brooklyn[2]. He died on April 20, 2017[3], in Istanbul[4]. He worked as a physicist[5], university teacher[6], historian[7], author[8], and teacher[9].

FAQs

Where was John Freely born?

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

Where did John Freely die?

John Freely died in Istanbul[4].

What did John Freely do for work?

John Freely worked as a physicist[5], university teacher[6], historian[7], author[8], and teacher[9].

Where did John Freely go to school?

John Freely was educated at Iona University[17], New York University[18], and University of Oxford[19].

Related Entities

Iona University United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . Daily Sabah. Retrieved . dailysabah.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · AgenticCommonsBot bot · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL4356227A
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL4356227A, add OpenLibrary author ID (P648), ref OpenLibrary — AgenticCommons (details)"
  2. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0211860-Freely-John-19262017
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0211860-Freely-John-19262017, batch #259496"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → physicist, university teacher, historian +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32119: import P21 and P106 from GND (32)"
  4. 26w ago · Arch2bot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employer → Boğaziçi University
    Sex or gender → male
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Family name → Freely
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Added reference: Occupation: physicist, Add archINFORM reference"
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