The Spectator

daily publication in London, 1711 to 1712
Periodical magazine Q581322
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The Spectator

Summary

The Spectator is a magazine[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Spectator is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • The Spectator's image is recorded as Spectator.jpg[4].
  • The Spectator's instance of is recorded as magazine[5].
  • The Spectator's instance of is recorded as serial[6].
  • The Spectator's editor is recorded as Joseph Addison[7].
  • The Spectator's editor is recorded as Richard Steele[8].
  • The Spectator's founder is recorded as Joseph Addison[9].
  • The Spectator's genre is recorded as spectatorial magazine[10].
  • The Spectator's headquarters location is recorded as London[11].
  • The Spectator's GND ID is recorded as 4200727-6[12].
  • The Spectator's ISSN is recorded as 1358-6149[13].
  • The Spectator's Commons category is recorded as The Spectator (1711)[14].
  • The Spectator's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • The Spectator's country of origin is recorded as England[16].
  • +1711-03-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Spectator[17].
  • The Spectator was dissolved in +1712-12-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • The Spectator's publication date is recorded as +1710-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • The Spectator's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06y3hr[20].
  • The Spectator's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Spectator-British-periodical-1711-1712[21].
  • The Spectator's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Spectator'}[22].
  • The Spectator's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spectator'}[23].
  • The Spectator's different from is recorded as The Spectator[24].
  • The Spectator's Project Gutenberg ebook ID is recorded as 12030[25].
  • The Spectator's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Magazine/TheSpectator[26].
  • The Spectator's ACNP journal ID is recorded as 59363[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for The Spectator include it[28], a magazine[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1828[31], headquartered in London[32].

Why It Matters

The Spectator ranks in the top 4% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include it[28], a magazine[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1828[31], headquartered in London[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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