Roger Nokes

New Zealand chess player and emeritus professor of civil engineering at University of Canterbury
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Roger Nokes

Summary

Roger Nokes is a human[1]. He was born on +1958-08-13T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a chess player[3] and professor[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Roger Nokes was born on +1958-08-13T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Roger Nokes held citizenship in New Zealand[6].
  • Roger Nokes worked as a chess player[3].
  • Roger Nokes worked as a professor[4].
  • Roger Nokes held the position of full professor[7].
  • Roger Nokes held the position of professor emeritus[8].
  • Among Roger Nokes's employers was University of Canterbury[9].
  • Roger Nokes's education included a stint at University of Canterbury[10].
  • Roger Nokes's doctoral advisor was Ian Wood[11].
  • Roger Nokes's image is recorded as Nokes roger 20081120 olympiade dresden.jpg[12].
  • Roger Nokes is recorded as male[13].
  • Roger Nokes's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Roger Nokes supervised Colin Whittaker as a doctoral student[15].
  • Roger Nokes supervised Aditya Ramakanth as a doctoral student[16].
  • Roger Nokes supervised Alex Meredith as a doctoral student[17].
  • Roger Nokes's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0003-1659-2517[18].
  • Roger Nokes earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[19].
  • Roger Nokes's sport is recorded as chess[20].
  • Roger Nokes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04mzjpb[21].
  • Roger Nokes's given name is recorded as Roger[22].
  • Roger Nokes's academic thesis is recorded as Problems in turbulent dispersion[23].
  • Roger Nokes's Elo rating is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2310'}[24].
  • Roger Nokes's Elo rating is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2345'}[25].
  • Roger Nokes's Elo rating is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2325'}[26].
  • Roger Nokes's Elo rating is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2310'}[27].

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Origins and Family

Roger Nokes was born on +1958-08-13T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Roger Nokes's education included a stint at University of Canterbury[10]. His doctoral advisor was Ian Wood[11]. He earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[19].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include chess player[3] and professor[4]. Among Roger Nokes's employers was University of Canterbury[9]. Positions held include full professor[7], an academic rank[28] and professor emeritus[8], an academic title[29]. Doctoral students include Colin Whittaker[15], a lecturer[30], of New Zealand[31]; Aditya Ramakanth[16], a researcher[32]; and Alex Meredith[17], a researcher[33].

Why It Matters

Roger Nokes ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

What did Roger Nokes do for work?

Roger Nokes worked as chess player[3] and professor[4].

Where did Roger Nokes go to school?

Roger Nokes was educated at University of Canterbury[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . canterbury.ac.nz. canterbury.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . canterbury.ac.nz. canterbury.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . olimpbase.org. olimpbase.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . orcid.org. orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [2] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . List of players on FIDE lists 1967-2001. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . 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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