Rodney Hilton

British historian (1916-2002)
Person human Q2557882

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
November 17, 1916
Date of death
June 7, 2002
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
historian
Field of work
history[8]
Doctoral student
Grenville Astill[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Family name
Hilton[14]
Given name
Rodney[15]
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Writing language
English[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rodney Hilton en Rodney Howard Hilton cs R. H. (Rodney Howard) Hilton cs Rodney Howard Hilton es Rodney Howard Hilton ja ロドニー・ヒルトン pt Rodney Howard Hilton ru Родни Говард Хилтон ru Родни Хилтон ru Хилтон, Родни Говард zh R.H. 希尔顿
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CIRDOC author ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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IdRef ID
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LRB contributor ID
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Libris-URI
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Penguin Random House author ID
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Persée author ID
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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Prabook ID
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Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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Semantic Scholar author ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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Unz Review author ID
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Vatican Library VcBA ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Summary

Rodney Hilton's place of birth was Manchester[1]. He was born on November 17, 1916[2]. He died on June 7, 2002[3]. He worked as a historian[4].

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Manchester[1], a city status in the United Kingdom[18], in United Kingdom[19], founded in 1301[20]; Middleton[5], a town[21], in United Kingdom[22]; and United Kingdom[6], a sovereign state[23], in United Kingdom[24], founded in 1801[25].

FAQs

Where was Rodney Hilton born?

Rodney Hilton's place of birth was Manchester[1].

What did Rodney Hilton do for work?

Rodney Hilton worked as historian[4].

Where did Rodney Hilton go to school?

Rodney Hilton was educated at Balliol College[10].

What awards did Rodney Hilton receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the British Academy[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The Medieval Gentry: A Study in Leicestershire Society, 1350-1399. wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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