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Moses Quinby

American beekeeping pioneer (1810–1875)
Person Human Q3324770

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
April 16, 1810
Date of death
May 27, 1875
Place of birth
New Castle
Place of death
St. Johnsville
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
beekeeper, biologist, inventor, author, beekeeping pioneer
Child
J. W. Quinby[10]
Family name
Quinby[13]
Given name
Moses[14]
🏷️ Also known as
es Moses Quimby
🔖 Identifiers · 15
ISNI
0000000082341618
VIAF cluster ID
53182404
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n86807711
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Moses Quinby.png ↗
BHL creator ID
29509
FAST ID
167857
Freebase ID
/m/0275r1f
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
237192942
Open Library ID
OL2393200A
Prabook ID
2087413
Project Gutenberg author ID
31129
SBN author ID
VIAV114111
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SNAC ARK ID
w6c00jkg
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjHhQTYhwcMxmPx7H4wmd
Yale LUX ID
person/b7f50684-fa76-44c0-ac04-ab8fbc6daa75

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
author, inventor, biologist, beekeeper
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Moses
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
New Castle
Place of death 1
St. Johnsville
Sex or gender 1
male
← Discoverer or inventor 1
bee smoker
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Summary

Moses Quinby was born in New Castle[1]. He was born on April 16, 1810[2]. He passed away in St. Johnsville[3]. He died on May 27, 1875[4]. He worked as a beekeeper[5], biologist[6], inventor[7], author[8], and beekeeping pioneer[9].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of bee smoker[15].

FAQs

Where was Moses Quinby born?

Moses Quinby was born in New Castle[1].

Where did Moses Quinby die?

Moses Quinby passed away in St. Johnsville[3].

What did Moses Quinby do for work?

Moses Quinby worked as beekeeper[5], biologist[6], inventor[7], author[8], and beekeeping pioneer[9].

What did Moses Quinby discover?

Moses Quinby is credited as discoverer of bee smoker[15].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → American beekeeping pioneer (1810–1875)
    "Changed claim: Place of birth: New Castle"
  2. 6w ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → beekeeper, biologist, inventor +2
    "Created claim: Occupation: beekeeping pioneer"
  3. 7w ago · Henry Merrivale · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → J. W. Quinby
    "Created claim: Child: J. W. Quinby"
  4. 20w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → St. Johnsville
    Family name → Quinby
    Place of birth → New Castle
    Occupation → beekeeper, biologist, inventor +2
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: Correcting Asturian description. See…"
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