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Julian Barbour

British physicist
Person human Q981768

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
1937
Place of birth
England
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
physicist, theoretical physicist, translator, university teacher
Field of work
physics, theoretical physics, quantum gravity, history of science, translation from Russian[8][9][10][11][12]
Educated at
University of Cambridge, University of Cologne[13][14]
Official website
www.platonia.com[20]
Doctoral advisor
Peter Mittelstaedt[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Given name
Julian[19]
Influenced by
Ernst Mach[16]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[22]
Residence
Oxfordshire[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Julian Barbour ar جوليان بربور cs Julian Barbour cs Julian B. Barbour de Julian B. Barbour fa جولین باربر he ג'וליאן ברבור ja ジュリアン・バーバー ru Барбур, Джулиан ru Джулиан Барбур uk Джуліан Барбур zh 朱利安·巴伯 zh 朱利安·巴爾伯
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000110719009
VIAF cluster ID
76822549
Library of Congress authority ID
n87871242
GND ID
137871406
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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BIBSYS ID
90369322
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12942292b
CONOR.SI ID
108297315
CiNii Research ID
1140282266643197056
CoBiS author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
137871406
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
91861
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Festivaletteratura person ID
907
Freebase ID
/m/027g_9
INSPIRE-HEP author ID
J.Barbour.1
IdRef ID
074840061
InPhO ID
thinker/5580
MR Author ID
31010
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
142407
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03247699
NDL Authority ID
001341259
NL CR AUT ID
mub2018989074
NSK (VIAF) ID
000577299
NSK ID
981005694048809366
NUKAT ID
n99051436
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007274592705171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:DCa/;=BJ
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810531846705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4431720
National Virtual Library of India ID
136503
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
089420551
Open Library ID
OL948539A
PUG authority ID
240985
Parsifal cluster ID
850123
Quora topic ID
Julian-Barbour-2
RERO ID (legacy)
A002968438
SBN author ID
MILV237551
SHARE Catalogue author ID
42738
The Numbers person ID
932430401
UOM ID
60869
WorldCat Entities ID
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X (Twitter) username
julianbarbour
Yale LUX ID
person/d9048569-3cab-41e3-a2a6-e1f796eeb09e
ZbMATH author ID
barbour.julian-b

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Field of work 4
physics, history of science, theoretical physics, quantum gravity
Occupation 4
physicist, translator, theoretical physicist, university teacher
Educated at 2
University of Cambridge, University of Cologne
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Julian
Influenced by 1
Ernst Mach
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
England
Residence 1
Oxfordshire
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Julian Barbour was born in 1937[1] in England[2]. He has worked as a physicist[3], theoretical physicist[4], translator[5], and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was Julian Barbour born?

Julian Barbour was born in England[2].

What did Julian Barbour do for work?

Julian Barbour worked as a physicist[3], theoretical physicist[4], translator[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Julian Barbour go to school?

Julian Barbour was educated at University of Cambridge[13] and University of Cologne[14].

Related Entities

England Ernst Mach history of science physics United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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