R. E. Dennett

English trader operating out of the Kongo (present day Republic of Congo) in the early 20th century who wrote a number of books that were influential on sociological and anthropological research on the cultures of West Africa
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Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1857
Date of death
May 28, 1921
Place of birth
Valparaíso
Work location
Congo[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Family name
Dennett[12]
Given name
Richard[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en R.E. Dennett en R. E. Dennett en Richard E. Dennett en Richard Edward Dennett de Richard E. Dennett de R. E. Dennett fr Richard Edward Dennett
🔖 Identifiers · 23
VIAF cluster ID
9902030
Library of Congress authority ID
no95005783
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
dennett-richard-edward-1857-1921-anthropologist
BHL creator ID
21834
BIBSYS ID
90610292
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122321930
FAST ID
351227
Freebase ID
/m/08hzhy
Harvard Index of Botanists ID
29864
IdRef ID
03102386X
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
000519287
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007295797205171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810610433605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
172165792
Online Books Page author ID
Dennett, R. E. (Richard Edward), 1857-1921
Open Library ID
OL2132814A
Parsifal cluster ID
602357
SHARE Catalogue author ID
78251
UK National Archives ID
F40061
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpJbCFqpCMBrYDhjQCfbd

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Summary

R. E. Dennett's place of birth was Valparaíso[1]. He was born in 1857[2]. He died on May 28, 1921[3]. He worked as an anthropologist[4], merchant[5], and ethnologist[6].

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Works and Contributions

Notable works include At the Back of the Black Man's Mind[8], a literary work[15], written by R. E. Dennett[16]; Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort[9], a literary work[17], written by him[18]; and Notes on West African categories[10], a version, edition or translation[19].

FAQs

Where was R. E. Dennett born?

R. E. Dennett's place of birth was Valparaíso[1].

What did R. E. Dennett do for work?

R. E. Dennett worked as anthropologist[4], merchant[5], and ethnologist[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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