John Worrall

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John Worrall

Summary

John Worrall is a human[1]. He was born in Leigh[2]. He was born on +1946-11-27T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a philosopher[4] and university teacher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • John Worrall's place of birth was Leigh[2].
  • John Worrall was born on +1946-11-27T00:00:00Z[3].
  • John Worrall held citizenship in United Kingdom[7].
  • John Worrall's professions included philosopher[4].
  • John Worrall worked as a university teacher[5].
  • John Worrall's field of work was philosophy of science[8].
  • Among John Worrall's employers was London School of Economics and Political Science[9].
  • John Worrall's image is recorded as John Worrall.jpg[10].
  • John Worrall is recorded as male[11].
  • John Worrall's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • John Worrall supervised Samuel Fendrich as a doctoral student[13].
  • John Worrall supervised Francesco Guala as a doctoral student[14].
  • John Worrall supervised Dylan Evans as a doctoral student[15].
  • John Worrall supervised Hai Hong as a doctoral student[16].
  • John Worrall supervised Dean Peters as a doctoral student[17].
  • John Worrall supervised Christopher Blunt as a doctoral student[18].
  • John Worrall's ISNI is recorded as 0000000117735802[19].
  • John Worrall's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 87637648[20].
  • John Worrall's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n91010314[21].
  • John Worrall's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2015030358[22].
  • John Worrall's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12316529q[23].
  • John Worrall's IdRef ID is recorded as 032063695[24].
  • John Worrall's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA0458529X[25].
  • John Worrall's IMDb ID is recorded as nm11667715[26].
  • John Worrall's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00461452[27].

Body

Origins and Family

John Worrall's place of birth was Leigh[2]. He was born on +1946-11-27T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

John Worrall earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[28].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include philosopher[4] and university teacher[5]. John Worrall's field of work was philosophy of science[8]. He was employed by London School of Economics and Political Science[9]. Doctoral students include Samuel Fendrich[13]; Francesco Guala[14], a university teacher[29], b. 1970[30], specialised in experimental economics[31]; Dylan Evans[15], a psychologist[32], b. 1966[33], of United Kingdom[34]; Hai Hong[16]; Dean Peters[17]; and Christopher Blunt[18].

Why It Matters

John Worrall ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

FAQs

Where was John Worrall born?

John Worrall's place of birth was Leigh[2].

What did John Worrall do for work?

John Worrall worked as philosopher[4] and university teacher[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved . researchonline.lse.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . centerphilsci.pitt.edu. Retrieved . centerphilsci.pitt.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . MAK. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . 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. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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