Joseph Lancaster

British educator

Person Human Q723877

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: November 25, 1778
Date of death: October 23, 1838, October 24, 1838^[6]
Place of birth: London
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[7]
Occupation: teacher
Religion or worldview: Quakers^[8]
Cause of death: traffic collision^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired^[23]
Depicted by: Joseph Lancaster^[14]
Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World, Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Family name: Lancaster (surname)^[11]
Given name: Joseph^[12]
Manner of death: accidental death^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

en Joseph Lancaster ar جوزيف لانكستر es Escuela lancasteriana es Metodo lancasteriano es Método lancasteriano ja ジョセフ・ランカスター ja Joseph Lancaster ru Джозеф Ланкастер ru Ланкастер, Джозеф ru Ланкастер Джорзеф sv Lancaster zh 约瑟夫·兰开斯特 zh-hant 約瑟夫·蘭開斯特

🔖 Identifiers · 58

ISNI: 000000012132933X
VIAF cluster ID: 51823093
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n83207132
GND ID: 119004984
Alvin ID: alvin-person:4027
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID: lancaster-joseph-1778-1838-educationist
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/97075
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13167375d
British Museum person or institution ID: 172269
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: lancaster-joseph
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01434055
Cambridge Alumni Database ID: LNCR800J

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DDB person (GND) ID: 119004984
Darwin Correspondence ID: 8714
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119004984
Dictionary of Canadian Biography ID: lancaster_joseph_7
Electronic Enlightenment ID: lancajosep002204
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 141989
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Joseph-Lancaster
FAST ID: 120501
Freebase ID: /m/03lvsj
Geni profile ID: 5035825172400026903
Goodreads author ID: 1556301
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: joseph-lancaster
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0036428
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2132301
IdRef ID: 143381865
J9U entity ID: 987007276255505171
KBR person ID: 14113295
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119004984
LBT person ID: JoLanca1838
NE.se ID: joseph-lancaster
NLA Trove people ID: 899176
NUKAT ID: n2011066126
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000456896
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810686266605606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1174314
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp02608
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071097856
Online Books Page author ID: Lancaster, Joseph, 1778-1838
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3930338
Open Library ID: OL162545A
OpenMLOL author ID: 287532
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 15963
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100049526
Parsifal cluster ID: 727932
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 1401099
SNAC ARK ID: w6hq50b3
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID: 2604
Treccani ID: joseph-lancaster
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: joseph-lancaster
UK National Archives ID: F56098
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500250439
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1216088
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/206148
Vikidia article ID: fr:Joseph_Lancaster
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhmJP98FPcrrcJwMTmmVC
Yale LUX ID: person/de13619a-1d22-4aeb-8fd2-82e42caac854

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Described by source 3

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Cause of death 1

traffic collision

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Given name 1

Joseph

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

accidental death

Occupation 1

teacher

Place of birth 1

London

Place of death 1

New York City

Religion or worldview 1

Quakers

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Joseph Lancaster was born on November 25, 1778^[1], in London^[2]. He died on October 23, 1838^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a teacher^[5].

FAQs

Where was Joseph Lancaster born?

Joseph Lancaster's place of birth was London^[2].

Where did Joseph Lancaster die?

Joseph Lancaster died in New York City^[4].

What did Joseph Lancaster do for work?

Joseph Lancaster worked as a teacher^[5].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — place of death (P20): New York City. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-06. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — occupation (P106): teacher. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — religion or worldview (P140): Quakers. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — cause of death (P509): traffic collision. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — date of birth (P569): November 25, 1778. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — date of death (P570): October 23, 1838. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — date of death (P570): October 24, 1838. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — family name (P734): Lancaster (surname). wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — given name (P735): Joseph. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — manner of death (P1196): accidental death. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — depicted by (P1299): Joseph Lancaster. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — described by source (P1343): Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — described by source (P1343): The Nuttall Encyclopædia. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — described by source (P1343): Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — described by source (P1343): Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Joseph Lancaster — copyright status as a creator (P7763): copyrights on works have expired. wikidata.org.

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