Roy Want

British-American computer scientist
Person human Q102354199
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Roy Want

Summary

Roy Want is a human[1]. He was born in London[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Roy Want was born in London[2].
  • Roy Want was educated at University of Cambridge[4].
  • Roy Want's doctoral advisor was Roger Michael Needham[5].
  • Roy Want received the ACM Fellow[6].
  • Roy Want was a member of Association for Computing Machinery[7].
  • Roy Want's image is recorded as Roy Want Profile.jpg[8].
  • Roy Want is recorded as male[9].
  • Roy Want's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Roy Want's ISNI is recorded as 0000000043313139[11].
  • Roy Want's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 29050274[12].
  • Roy Want's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2005007094[13].
  • Roy Want's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 155235038[14].
  • Roy Want's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA15992240[15].
  • Roy Want's Commons category is recorded as Roy Want[16].
  • Roy Want earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[17].
  • Roy Want's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 137830[18].
  • Roy Want's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0035544[19].
  • Roy Want's given name is recorded as Roy[20].
  • Roy Want's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 321636635[21].
  • Roy Want's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 5065989[22].
  • Roy Want's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9810543382805606[23].
  • Roy Want's Canadiana Name Authority ID is recorded as ncf11404523[24].
  • Roy Want's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007457962905171[25].
  • Roy Want's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJv8CXPDfjvwRf47XJTJXd[26].
  • Roy Want's CiNii Research ID is recorded as 1140845216800642304[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in London[2], Roy Want…

Education

Roy Want's education included a stint at University of Cambridge[4]. His doctoral advisor was Roger Michael Needham[5]. He earned the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy[17].

Recognition

Roy Want received the ACM Fellow[6].

Why It Matters

Roy Want ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

Where was Roy Want born?

Roy Want's place of birth was London[2].

Where did Roy Want go to school?

Roy Want was educated at University of Cambridge[4].

What awards did Roy Want receive?

Honors received include ACM Fellow[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] . awards.acm.org. Retrieved . awards.acm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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