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Linda Colley

British historian
Person human Q6123346

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[27]
Date of birth
September 13, 1949
Place of birth
Chester
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[5]
Occupation
historian
Employer
Princeton University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Yale University[9][10][11]
Field of work
world history, identity, constitutionalism[6][7][8]
Educated at
University of Bristol[12]
Award received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Wolfson History Prize, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Spouse
David Cannadine[4]
Official website
lindacolley.com[31]
Doctoral advisor
John H. Plumb[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[32]
Family name
Colley[28]
Given name
Linda[29]
Member of
British Academy, Royal Society of Literature, Academia Europaea, Royal Historical Society[23][24][25][26]
Professorship
professor[30]
Student
Paul Monod[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en CBE en Dame Linda Jane Colley en Linda Colley en Linda Jane Colley ar ليندا كولي it Linda Jane Colley ja リンダ・コリー ru Линда Колли zh 琳达·科利 zh 琳達·柯利 zh-hant 琳達·柯莉
🔖 Identifiers · 57
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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AE member ID
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Academic Tree ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BiblioNet author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CANTIC ID
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CONOR.BG ID
28299877
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12099054
CiNii Research ID
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Curriculum vitae URL
history.princeton.edu
DDB person (GND) ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
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Europeana entity
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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IdRef ID
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KANTO ID
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KBR person ID
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LRB contributor ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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NYRB contributor ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Portugal ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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PUG authority ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Penguin Random House author ID
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Perlentaucher ID
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Prabook ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RSL author ID
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Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
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SBN author ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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Unz Review author ID
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Who's Who UK ID
U11503
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Award received 5
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the British Academy, Wolfson History Prize, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of 4
British Academy, Academia Europaea, Royal Society of Literature, Royal Historical Society
Employer 3
Yale University, Princeton University, London School of Economics and Political Science
Field of work 3
identity, constitutionalism, world history
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Doctoral advisor 1
John H. Plumb
Doctoral advisors 1
John H. Plumb
Educated at 1
University of Bristol
Given name 1
Linda
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
historian
Place of birth 1
Chester
Professorship 1
professor
Sex or gender 1
female
Spouse 1
David Cannadine
Spouses 1
David Cannadine
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Summary

Linda Colley was born on September 13, 1949[1], in Chester[2]. She has worked as a historian[3].

FAQs

Where was Linda Colley born?

Linda Colley's place of birth was Chester[2].

Who was Linda Colley married to?

Linda Colley's spouses include David Cannadine[4].

What did Linda Colley do for work?

Linda Colley worked as a historian[3].

Where did Linda Colley go to school?

Linda Colley was educated at University of Bristol[12].

What awards did Linda Colley receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire[15], Wolfson History Prize[16], Fellow of the British Academy[17], and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society[18].

Related Entities

United Kingdom world history

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . history.princeton.edu. history.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . history.princeton.edu. history.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk. Retrieved . wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . rsliterature.org. Retrieved . rsliterature.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . amacad.org. Retrieved . amacad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  21. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . ae-info.org. ae-info.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . Who's Who. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [14] ↑ . lindacolley.com. lindacolley.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . history.princeton.edu. history.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . history.princeton.edu. history.princeton.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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