Paul Dresher

American composer
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Paul Dresher

Summary

Paul Dresher is a human[1]. Born in Los Angeles[2], he… he was born on January 8, 1951[3]. He worked as a composer[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Paul Dresher was born in Los Angeles[2].
  • Paul Dresher was born on January 8, 1951[3].
  • Paul Dresher held citizenship in United States[6].
  • Paul Dresher's professions included composer[4].
  • Paul Dresher's education included a stint at University of California, Berkeley[7].
  • Paul Dresher was educated at University of California, San Diego[8].
  • Paul Dresher received the Guggenheim Fellowship[9].
  • Paul Dresher is recorded as male[10].
  • Paul Dresher's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • Paul Dresher's family name is recorded as Dresher[12].
  • Paul Dresher's given name is recorded as Paul[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[14]

  • Country: US[15]

  • Began / founded: 1951-01-08[16]

  • Community tags: to clean up[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 383e6011-ab16-482f-baa2-95d3caac83d4[18]

Body

Origins and Family

Paul Dresher was born in Los Angeles[2]. He was born on January 8, 1951[3].

Education

Educated at University of California, Berkeley[7], a public research university[19], in United States[20], founded in 1868[21], headquartered in Berkeley[22] and University of California, San Diego[8], a public university[23], in United States[24], founded in 1960[25].

Career and Affiliations

Paul Dresher worked as a composer[4].

Recognition

Paul Dresher received the Guggenheim Fellowship[9].

Why It Matters

Paul Dresher ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

Where was Paul Dresher born?

Paul Dresher's place of birth was Los Angeles[2].

What did Paul Dresher do for work?

Paul Dresher worked as composer[4].

Where did Paul Dresher go to school?

Paul Dresher was educated at University of California, Berkeley[7] and University of California, San Diego[8].

What awards did Paul Dresher receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[9].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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