Paul Cobley

English semiotician (born 1963)
Person human Q17409361
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Paul Cobley

Summary

Paul Cobley is a human[1]. He was born on +1963-04-24T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a semiotician[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Paul Cobley was born on +1963-04-24T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Paul Cobley held citizenship in United Kingdom[7].
  • English was Paul Cobley's native language[8].
  • Paul Cobley's professions included semiotician[3].
  • Paul Cobley worked as a linguist[4].
  • Paul Cobley worked as a university teacher[5].
  • Paul Cobley's field of work was semiotics[9].
  • Paul Cobley's field of work was narratology[10].
  • Paul Cobley was employed by Middlesex University[11].
  • Paul Cobley's image is recorded as PCobley.JPG[12].
  • Paul Cobley is recorded as male[13].
  • Paul Cobley's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Paul Cobley's ISNI is recorded as 0000000124129042[15].
  • Paul Cobley's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 32151616[16].
  • Paul Cobley's GND ID is recorded as 174079214[17].
  • Paul Cobley's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96033312[18].
  • Paul Cobley's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 134905653[19].
  • Paul Cobley's IdRef ID is recorded as 059314974[20].
  • Paul Cobley's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA10360250[21].
  • Paul Cobley's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00849111[22].
  • Paul Cobley's Commons category is recorded as Paul Cobley[23].
  • Paul Cobley's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-8222-159X[24].
  • Paul Cobley's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as jn19990001427[25].
  • Paul Cobley's family name is recorded as Cobley[26].
  • Paul Cobley's given name is recorded as Paul[27].

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Origins and Family

Paul Cobley was born on +1963-04-24T00:00:00Z[2]. English was his native language[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include semiotician[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5]. Fields of work include semiotics[9], an academic discipline[28] and narratology[10], an academic discipline[29]. Among Paul Cobley's employers was Middlesex University[11].

Why It Matters

Paul Cobley ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[6]

FAQs

What did Paul Cobley do for work?

Paul Cobley worked as semiotician[3], linguist[4], and university teacher[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . aleph.nkp.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [2] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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