Phi Beta Kappa Society

honor society for the liberal arts and sciences in the United States
Organization honor_society Q1938003
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Phi Beta Kappa Society

Summary

Phi Beta Kappa Society is an honor society[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of honor_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,355 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Phi Beta Kappa Society held citizenship in United States[3].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society was a member of Association of College Honor Societies[4].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society was a member of National Humanities Alliance[5].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society is in the country of United States[6].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's image is recorded as Phi Beta Kappa Key.png[7].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's instance of is recorded as honor society[8].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's instance of is recorded as learned society[9].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's instance of is recorded as organization[10].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's instance of is recorded as academic publisher[11].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's founder is recorded as John Heath[12].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[13].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's part of the series is recorded as fraternities and sororities[14].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's ISNI is recorded as 000000012186106X[15].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151897150[16].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's GND ID is recorded as 1008551-8[17].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83001856[18].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's IdRef ID is recorded as 118994611[19].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA11388390[20].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's Commons category is recorded as Phi Beta Kappa[21].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's industry is recorded as higher education[22].
  • +1776-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Phi Beta Kappa Society[23].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.91147222222222, 'lon': -77.04211111111111}[24].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0166xf[25].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's location of formation is recorded as College of William & Mary[26].
  • Phi Beta Kappa Society's official website is recorded as https://pbk.org[27].

Body

Founding

Phi Beta Kappa Society's founder is recorded as John Heath[12]. +1776-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[23]. Its location of formation is recorded as College of William & Mary[26].

Identity

Phi Beta Kappa Society's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'ΦΒΚ'}[28].

Operations

Phi Beta Kappa Society's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[13].

Industry

Phi Beta Kappa Society's industry is recorded as higher education[22].

Why It Matters

Phi Beta Kappa Society ranks in the top 1% of honor_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,355 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [20] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . wikidata.org.
  19. [4] . wikidata.org.
  20. [5] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . achsnatl.org. Retrieved . achsnatl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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