Piers Plowright

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Piers Plowright

Summary

Piers Plowright is a human[1]. He was born in Hampstead[2]. He was born on December 30, 1937[3]. He died on July 23, 2021[4]. He worked as a writer[5], radio producer[6], radio personality[7], executive producer[8], and theatrical director[9]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Born in Hampstead[2], Piers Plowright…
  • Piers Plowright's place of birth was Church Row[11].
  • Piers Plowright was born on December 30, 1937[3].
  • Piers Plowright was born on December 10, 1937[12].
  • Piers Plowright died on July 23, 2021[4].
  • Piers Plowright held citizenship in United Kingdom[13].
  • Piers Plowright's professions included writer[5].
  • Piers Plowright's professions included radio producer[6].
  • Piers Plowright's professions included radio personality[7].
  • Piers Plowright's professions included executive producer[8].
  • Piers Plowright's professions included theatrical director[9].
  • Piers Plowright worked as an actor[14].
  • Among Piers Plowright's employers was British Broadcasting Corporation[15].
  • Piers Plowright was educated at Stowe School[16].
  • Piers Plowright was educated at Christ Church[17].
  • Piers Plowright received the Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[18].
  • Piers Plowright is recorded as male[19].
  • Piers Plowright's instance of is recorded as human[20].
  • Piers Plowright's birth name is recorded as Oliver Piers Plowright[21].

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[22]

  • Country: GB[23]

  • Began / founded: 1937-12-30[24]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2021-07-23[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 58f5e450-3c62-4202-99ee-c040dfeb22ca[26]

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Hampstead[2], an area of London[27], in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[28] and Church Row[11], a street[29], in United Kingdom[30]. Recorded date of birth include December 30, 1937[3] and December 10, 1937[12].

Education

Educated at Stowe School[16], an independent school[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1923[33], headquartered in Stowe[34] and Christ Church[17], a college of the University of Oxford[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1546[37], headquartered in Oxford[38].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include writer[5], radio producer[6], radio personality[7], executive producer[8], theatrical director[9], and actor[14]. Among Piers Plowright's employers was British Broadcasting Corporation[15].

Recognition

Piers Plowright received the Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[18].

Death and Burial

Piers Plowright died on July 23, 2021[4].

Why It Matters

Piers Plowright ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[10]

FAQs

Where was Piers Plowright born?

Piers Plowright's place of birth was Hampstead[2].

What did Piers Plowright do for work?

Piers Plowright worked as writer[5], radio producer[6], radio personality[7], executive producer[8], and theatrical director[9].

Where did Piers Plowright go to school?

Piers Plowright was educated at Stowe School[16] and Christ Church[17].

What awards did Piers Plowright receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[18].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . Hampstead and Highgate Express. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [20] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [16] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [9] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [12] . The Guardian. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [4] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The Daily Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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