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Ken Knowlton

Computer graphics professional (1931–2022)
Person human Q6387961

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
1931
Date of death
June 16, 2022
Place of birth
Springville
Place of death
Sarasota
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
engineer, digital artist, photographer, director, artist
Employer
Bell Labs[11]
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University[12][13]
Official website
www.kenknowlton.com[19]
Doctoral advisor
Victor Yngve[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Birth name
Kenneth C. Knowlton[22]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[31]
Described by source
Ken Knowlton, a Father of Computer Art and Animation, Dies at 91[20]
Family name
Knowlton[16]
Given name
Ken, Kenneth[17][18]
Has works in the collection
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art de Joliette, Musée de Rimouski, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, collection d’estampes de la Bibliothèque nationale de BAnQ[26][27][28][29][30]
Name in native language
Ken Knowlton[23]
Number of children
+5[24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikiproject Chantiers MNBAQ[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kenneth Knowlton en Ken Knowlton en Kenneth Charles Knowlton en Kenneth C. Knowlton ar كين كنولتون fr Kenneth Knowlton he קן נולטון ja ケン・ノウルトン zh 肯·诺尔顿
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000370601576, 0000000451349739
VIAF cluster ID
316902216
Library of Congress authority ID
no2023122761
GND ID
1237891841
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ken Knowlton in 2007.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
99659549688
ACMI ID
creators/75196
Artist-info artist ID
236737
Artsy artist ID
ken-knowlton, kenneth-c-knowlton
AskArt person ID
11383881
BAnQ authority ID
0000067176
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16600240t
Show all 30 identifiers +18
CiNii Research ID
1980023484832102683
CompArt person ID
203
DBLP author ID
164/7653
Freebase ID
/m/0dgkj6
IEEE Xplore author ID
37318056000
IdRef ID
255503881
Justia Patents inventor ID
kenneth-c-knowlton
MACM artist ID
knowlton-kenneth-c
MNBAQ artist ID
600004043
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
344487
MutualArt artist ID
718CCAA19181A5B8
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA19958211
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
315938
Prabook ID
2130739
Scopus author ID
7005712591
Semantic Scholar topic ID
1757178
Unz Review author ID
KnowltonKen
ZbMATH author ID
knowlton.k-c

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Summary

Ken Knowlton was born on 1931[1] in Springville[2]. He died on June 16, 2022[3], in Sarasota[4]. He worked as an engineer[5], digital artist[6], photographer[7], director[8], and artist[9].

FAQs

Where was Ken Knowlton born?

Ken Knowlton was born in Springville[2].

Where did Ken Knowlton die?

Ken Knowlton passed away in Sarasota[4].

What did Ken Knowlton do for work?

Ken Knowlton worked as an engineer[5], digital artist[6], photographer[7], director[8], and artist[9].

Where did Ken Knowlton go to school?

Ken Knowlton was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[12] and Cornell University[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Photographers' Identities Catalog. wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved . mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . dtnext.in. dtnext.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . collections.mnbaq.org. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → engineer, digital artist, photographer +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32119|batch #32119]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (32)"
  2. 26w ago · 本日晴天 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CiNii Research ID → 1980023484832102683
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ added some identifiers retrieved from CiNii Research (CiNii Research ID) or KAKEN (E-Rad researcher number) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/"
  3. 26w ago · Natharchives · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.kenknowlton.com/
    IdRef ID → 255503881
    AskArt person ID → 11383881
    DBLP author ID → 164/7653
    + 50 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject Chantiers MNBAQ"
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