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Nathaniel Parker Willis

American magazine writer, editor, and publisher (1806-1867)
Person human Q971493

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
January 20, 1806
Date of death
January 20, 1867
Place of birth
Portland
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[16]
Occupation
journalist, poet, playwright, literary critic, writer, magazine writer[18]
Educated at
Phillips Academy, Yale University, Yale College[19][20][21]
Father
Nathaniel Willis[11]
Mother
Hannah Willis[12]
Spouse
Cornelia Willis[13]
Child
Grinnell Willis, Bailey Willis[14][15]
Sibling
Richard Storrs Willis, Fanny Fern[31][32]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[30]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Library of the World's Best Literature, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, The American Portrait Gallery, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25][26][27][28][29]
Family name
Willis[23]
Given name
Nathaniel[24]
Native language
English[17]
Place of burial
Mount Auburn Cemetery[10]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Parker Willis en Nathanael Parker Willis en Nathaniel Parker Willis ar ناثانيال باركر ويليس de Nathanael Parker Willis es Nathanael Parker Willis fr Nathanael Parker Willis he נתניאל פרקר ויליס it Nathaniel Willis it Nathanael Parker Willis ja ナサニエル・パーカー・ウィリス nl Nathanael Parker Willis pl Nathanael Parker Willis pt Nathanael Parker Willis ru Натаниэль Паркер Уиллис ru Уиллис, Натаниэль Паркер zh 納撒尼爾·帕克·威利斯 zh 纳撒尼尔·帕克·威利斯
🔖 Identifiers · 68
ISNI
0000000083493680
VIAF cluster ID
189826
Library of Congress authority ID
n82113974
GND ID
11880748X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
NPWillis-brady.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
1601789
Angelicum ID
20376
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/8174
At the Circulating Library ID
1526
Biblioteca Franco Serantini ID
22327
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13743637b
British Museum person or institution ID
185599
Show all 68 identifiers +56
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01372009
Curran Index contributor ID
51
DDB person (GND) ID
11880748X
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
u16902
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11880748X
EGAXA ID
vtls001883758
Europeana entity
agent/base/69218
FAST ID
97885
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_11880748X
Find a Grave memorial ID
25534595
Freebase ID
/m/04h_1j
GCD creator ID
74047
Geni.com profile ID
6000000006442904078
Harper's tag
nathaniel-parker-willis
Hymnary author ID
Willis_Nathaniel
ISFDB author ID
124160
IdRef ID
060973773
KBR person ID
14069088
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11880748X
LBT person ID
NaWilli1867
Libraries Australia ID
35611431
LibriVox author ID
1434
Libris-URI
ljx01vw42j0npnx
LiederNet author ID
21481
NE.se ID
n-p-willis
NL CR AUT ID
jn19990009168
NLA Trove people ID
1014319
NUKAT ID
n2019069183
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000367737
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007312320305171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810567582205606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
130573469
Notable Names Database ID
988/000114646
Obálky knih ID
jn19990009168
Online Books Page author ID
Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867
Open Library ID
OL1037130A, OL6240655A, OL6328642A
OpenMLOL author ID
23184
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803123537247
Parsifal cluster ID
187625
Prabook ID
3769040, 1080319
Project Gutenberg author ID
6238
Québec cultural heritage directory people ID
15023
RPO poet ID
willis-nathaniel-parker
Rodovid ID
1503436
SBN author ID
PUVV226094
SELIBR ID
209494
SHARE Catalogue author ID
439788
SNAC ARK ID
w6xd11bm
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
4742
Topic's main category
Category:Nathaniel Parker Willis
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11213603
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/228313
Wellcome Collection concept ID
wqquzu7d
WikiTree person ID
Willis-7538
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmXKHJy8jcF3xCmkmBVmd
Yale LUX ID
person/ee466af9-faab-49d6-9e4b-898a75578870

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, poet, journalist, playwright, literary critic
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Educated at 3
Yale University, Phillips Academy, Yale College
Sibling 2
Fanny Fern, Richard Storrs Willis
Siblings 2
Fanny Fern, Richard Storrs Willis
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Willis
Founded entities 1
Town & Country
Given name 1
Nathaniel
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Portland
Place of burial 1
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Nathaniel Parker Willis was born on January 20, 1806[1], in Portland[2]. He died on January 20, 1867[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], poet[6], playwright[7], literary critic[8], and writer[9].

FAQs

Where was Nathaniel Parker Willis born?

Nathaniel Parker Willis's place of birth was Portland[2].

Where did Nathaniel Parker Willis die?

Nathaniel Parker Willis passed away in New York City[4].

Who were Nathaniel Parker Willis's parents?

Nathaniel Parker Willis's father was Nathaniel Willis[11]. Nathaniel Parker Willis's mother was Hannah Willis[12].

Who was Nathaniel Parker Willis married to?

Nathaniel Parker Willis's spouses include Cornelia Willis[13].

What did Nathaniel Parker Willis do for work?

Nathaniel Parker Willis worked as a journalist[5], poet[6], playwright[7], literary critic[8], and writer[9].

Where did Nathaniel Parker Willis go to school?

Nathaniel Parker Willis was educated at Phillips Academy[19], Yale University[20], and Yale College[21].

Related Entities

New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [9] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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. 4h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Grinnell Willis, Bailey Willis
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'hy', 'id', 'ja',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/64331|batch #64331]]: import child (P40) from GND"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → nathaniel-parker-willis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: nathaniel-parker-willis, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955768|nathaniel parker willis (#289955768)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01372009
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  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01372009
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30855|batch #30855]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (9)"
  5. 27w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mother → Hannah Willis
    Aliases → —
    Native language → English
    Citizenship → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Prabook ID: 1080319, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257026|batch #257026]]"
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