Samuel Courtauld

English industrialist and art collector

Person Human Q325384

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: May 7, 1876
Date of death: December 1, 1947
Place of birth: Braintree
Place of death: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[11]
Occupation: entrepreneur
Educated at: Rugby School^[12]
Father: Sydney Courtauld^[7]
Mother: Sarah Courtauld^[8]
Spouse: Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey^[9]
Child: Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld^[10]
Sibling: Stephen Courtauld, Sir William Julien Courtauld, 1st Bt., John Sewell Courtauld^[18]^[19]^[20]
Work location: London^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Family name: Courtauld^[14]
Given name: Samuel^[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Provenance^[21]
Place of burial: Margate^[6]

🏷️ Also known as

en Samuel Courtauld de Courtauld ja サミュエル・コートールド ru Сэмюэл Курто uk Семюель Курто

🔖 Identifiers · 39

ISNI: 000000006679035X
VIAF cluster ID: 77113543
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n87897717
GND ID: 118872044
American Academy in Rome ID: 12384469
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID: courtauld-samuel-1876-1947-industrialist-and-patron-of-the-arts
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/90693
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 124722865
British Museum person or institution ID: 23818
Christie's creator ID: 17079
FAST ID: 203415
Freebase ID: /m/055nqc

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Geni profile ID: 6000000015415679514
Grace's Guide ID: Samuel_Courtauld
IdRef ID: 033914230
J9U entity ID: 987007272835505171
Kindred Britain ID: I14016
NLA Trove people ID: 843044
NUKAT ID: n00012465
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5505338
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp73004
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 107894920
Open Library ID: OL2247326A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 32587
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095643583
PM20 folder ID: pe/003515
RA Collections ID: 21884
RKDartists ID: 447530
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID: 24487
SBN author ID: LO1V254847
SNAC ARK ID: w651823x
The Peerage person ID: p20038.htm#i200374
Treccani ID: samuel-courtauld
UK National Archives ID: F71757
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500117141
Webb-site person ID: 42997
WikiTree person ID: Courtauld-5
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJht7CXCY7FTHbF777FFrq
Yale LUX ID: person/cd48cfc3-17bf-4fbc-9a71-01e030f1c851

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🔗 Connections

Founded entities 2

Courtauld Institute of Art, Courtauld Gallery

Owned entities 2

Female Nude, Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

Rugby School

Given name 1

Samuel

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Occupation 1

entrepreneur

Place of birth 1

Braintree

Place of burial 1

Margate

Place of death 1

London

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

London

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Summary

Samuel Courtauld was born on May 7, 1876^[1], in Braintree^[2]. He died on December 1, 1947^[3], in London^[4]. He worked as an entrepreneur^[5].

FAQs

Where was Samuel Courtauld born?

Samuel Courtauld's place of birth was Braintree^[2].

Where did Samuel Courtauld die?

Samuel Courtauld passed away in London^[4].

Who were Samuel Courtauld's parents?

Samuel Courtauld's father was Sydney Courtauld^[7]. Samuel Courtauld's mother was Sarah Courtauld^[8].

Who was Samuel Courtauld married to?

Samuel Courtauld's spouses include Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey^[9].

What did Samuel Courtauld do for work?

Samuel Courtauld worked as an entrepreneur^[5].

Where did Samuel Courtauld go to school?

Samuel Courtauld was educated at Rugby School^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — place of birth (P19): Braintree. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — place of death (P20): London. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2018-10-25. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — father (P22): Sydney Courtauld. Kindred Britain. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — mother (P25): Sarah Courtauld. Kindred Britain. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — spouse (P26): Elizabeth Theresa Frances Kelsey. Kindred Britain. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — child (P40): Sydney Elizabeth Courtauld. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — educated at (P69): Rugby School. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — occupation (P106): entrepreneur. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — place of burial (P119): Margate. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — date of birth (P569): May 7, 1876. RKDartists. Retrieved 2017-08-23. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — date of death (P570): December 1, 1947. RKDartists. Retrieved 2017-08-23. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — family name (P734): Courtauld. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — given name (P735): Samuel. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — work location (P937): London. RKDartists. Retrieved 2018-03-02. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — sibling (P3373): Stephen Courtauld. Kindred Britain. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — sibling (P3373): Sir William Julien Courtauld, 1st Bt.. Kindred Britain. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — sibling (P3373): John Sewell Courtauld. Kindred Britain. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Samuel Courtauld — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject Provenance. wikidata.org.

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