John Local

British linguist
Person human Q6245085
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John Local

Summary

John Local is a human[1]. He was born on +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a linguist[3] and professor[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • John Local was born on +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • John Local held citizenship in United Kingdom[6].
  • John Local worked as a linguist[3].
  • John Local's professions included professor[4].
  • John Local held the position of professor emeritus[7].
  • John Local was employed by University of York[8].
  • John Local is recorded as male[9].
  • John Local's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • John Local supervised Marijana Cerovic as a doctoral student[11].
  • John Local supervised Rein Ove Sikveland as a doctoral student[12].
  • John Local supervised Paul Graham Carter as a doctoral student[13].
  • John Local supervised Zara Iles as a doctoral student[14].
  • John Local's ISNI is recorded as 0000000109714139[15].
  • John Local's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 51929308[16].
  • John Local's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88247955[17].
  • John Local's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14548464p[18].
  • John Local's IdRef ID is recorded as 079162827[19].
  • John Local earned the academic degree of doctorate[20].
  • John Local earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[21].
  • John Local's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026lg7n[22].
  • John Local's given name is recorded as John[23].
  • John Local's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 074839128[24].
  • John Local's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2004038549[25].
  • John Local's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[26].
  • John Local's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as UniversityofYorkThesisProject[27].

Body

Origins and Family

John Local was born on +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Academic degrees include doctorate[20] and Doctor of Philosophy[21].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include linguist[3] and professor[4]. Among John Local's employers was University of York[8]. He held the position of professor emeritus[7]. Doctoral students include Marijana Cerovic[11]; Rein Ove Sikveland[12], a researcher[28]; Paul Graham Carter[13]; and Zara Iles[14].

Why It Matters

John Local ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

What did John Local do for work?

John Local worked as linguist[3] and professor[4].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved . en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . york.ac.uk. Retrieved . york.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . york.ac.uk. Retrieved . york.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . york.ac.uk. Retrieved . york.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [2] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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