Melville Spence

Jamaican sprinter and middle-distance runner
Person human Q3305299
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Melville Spence

Summary

Melville Spence is a human[1]. His place of birth was Kingston[2]. He was born on +1936-01-02T00:00:00Z[3]. He died in Fort Lauderdale[4]. He died on +2012-10-28T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a sprinter[6] and middle-distance runner[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Born in Kingston[2], Melville Spence…
  • Melville Spence passed away in Fort Lauderdale[4].
  • Melville Spence was born on +1936-01-02T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Melville Spence died on +2012-10-28T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Melville Spence held citizenship in Jamaica[9].
  • Melville Spence worked as a sprinter[6].
  • Melville Spence's professions included middle-distance runner[7].
  • Melville Spence is recorded as male[10].
  • Melville Spence's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Melville Spence's sport is recorded as athletics[12].
  • Melville Spence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jt05bv[13].
  • Melville Spence's family name is recorded as Spence[14].
  • Melville Spence's given name is recorded as Melville[15].
  • Melville Spence's World Athletics athlete ID is recorded as 14552696[16].
  • Melville Spence's participant in is recorded as 1956 Summer Olympics[17].
  • Melville Spence's participant in is recorded as 1964 Summer Olympics[18].
  • Melville Spence's participant in is recorded as 1955 Pan American Games[19].
  • Melville Spence's participant in is recorded as 1959 Pan American Games[20].
  • Melville Spence's participant in is recorded as 1963 Pan American Games[21].
  • Melville Spence's participant in is recorded as 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games[22].
  • Melville Spence's participant in is recorded as 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games[23].
  • Melville Spence's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as sp/mel-spence-1[24].
  • Melville Spence's birth name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melville Emanuel Alfonso Spence'}[25].
  • Melville Spence's country for sport is recorded as Jamaica[26].
  • Melville Spence's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+177'}[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Melville Spence's place of birth was Kingston[2]. He was born on +1936-01-02T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include sprinter[6] and middle-distance runner[7].

Death and Burial

Melville Spence died on +2012-10-28T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in Fort Lauderdale[4].

Why It Matters

Melville Spence ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Melville Spence born?

Born in Kingston[2], Melville Spence…

Where did Melville Spence die?

Melville Spence passed away in Fort Lauderdale[4].

What did Melville Spence do for work?

Melville Spence worked as sprinter[6] and middle-distance runner[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . olympedia.org. olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Olympedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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