Thomas de Waal

British journalist

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Thomas de Waal — Voice of America: Armenian · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: December 7, 1966, December 1966^[7]
Place of birth: Nottingham
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[10]
Occupation: journalist, researcher, writer, political scientist
Educated at: Balliol College^[11]
Notable work: Black Garden^[12]
Father: Victor de Waal^[8]
Mother: Esther de Waal^[9]
Sibling: Alex de Waal, Edmund de Waal^[18]^[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Family name: De Waal^[14]
Given name: Thomas^[15]
Name in native language: Thomas de Waal^[17]
Social media followers: 40k (13k–40k, n=4)^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 36

ISNI: 0000000109968171
VIAF cluster ID: 88084481
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n97069671
GND ID: 131418599
Angelicum ID: 40361
Armeniapedia ID: 12833, 9615
BHCL UUID: d7f12e22-f361-4ff7-8459-d04f570403b1
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14568501g
CBDB.cz author ID: 32778
Companies House officer ID: OV5RkTcvfadeMC_WibnvuVJ29Ic
DDB person (GND) ID: 131418599
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 43871

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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 131418599
Freebase ID: /m/02q7s9w
Goodreads author ID: 49411
IdRef ID: 07455915X
J9U entity ID: 987007260241805171
KBR person ID: 21697295
LRB contributor ID: thomas-de-waal
Libris-URI: khwz1f431dggs3w
Muck Rack journalist ID: thomas-de-waal
NL CR AUT ID: jn20001227145
NUKAT ID: n2006086711
National Library of Latvia ID: 000217606
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810571131605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 173278426
Obálky knih ID: jn20001227145
Open Library ID: OL1482262A
Parsifal cluster ID: 271574
SELIBR ID: 225033
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 688361
SVKKL authority ID: p0092147-De-Waal-Thomas-de-1966
UOM ID: 53131
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJbtt7DJDHvTGQjHJYYHG3
X (Twitter) username: Tom_deWaal
Yale LUX ID: person/f2aea7bf-02f5-4f28-a865-3355ca6636d6

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 3

writer, journalist, researcher

Sibling 2

Edmund de Waal, Alex de Waal

Siblings 2

Edmund de Waal, Alex de Waal

Works by author 2

Black Garden, Georgia's Dangerous Moment Is a Challenge for the EU

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

Balliol College

Given name 1

Thomas

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Notable work 1

Black Garden

Place of birth 1

Nottingham

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Thomas de Waal was born on December 7, 1966^[1], in Nottingham^[2]. He has worked as a journalist^[3], researcher^[4], writer^[5], and political scientist^[6].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Black Garden^[24], a literary work^[25] and Georgia's Dangerous Moment Is a Challenge for the EU^[26], a document^[27].

FAQs

Where was Thomas de Waal born?

Thomas de Waal's place of birth was Nottingham^[2].

Who were Thomas de Waal's parents?

Thomas de Waal's father was Victor de Waal^[8]. Thomas de Waal's mother was Esther de Waal^[9].

What did Thomas de Waal do for work?

Thomas de Waal worked as a journalist^[3], researcher^[4], writer^[5], and political scientist^[6].

Where did Thomas de Waal go to school?

Thomas de Waal was educated at Balliol College^[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Thomas de Waal — place of birth (P19): Nottingham. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Thomas de Waal — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Thomas de Waal — father (P22): Victor de Waal. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Thomas de Waal — mother (P25): Esther de Waal. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Thomas de Waal — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. Companies House. Retrieved 2021-08-13. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Thomas de Waal — educated at (P69): Balliol College. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Thomas de Waal — occupation (P106): journalist. Muck Rack. Retrieved 2022-04-03. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Thomas de Waal — occupation (P106): researcher. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Thomas de Waal — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Thomas de Waal — occupation (P106): political scientist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Thomas de Waal — date of birth (P569): December 7, 1966. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Thomas de Waal — date of birth (P569): December 1966. Companies House. Retrieved 2021-08-13. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Thomas de Waal — family name (P734): De Waal. Companies House. Retrieved 2021-08-13. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Thomas de Waal — given name (P735): Thomas. Companies House. Retrieved 2021-08-13. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Thomas de Waal — notable work (P800): Black Garden. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Thomas de Waal — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Thomas de Waal — name in native language (P1559): Thomas de Waal. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Thomas de Waal — sibling (P3373): Alex de Waal. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Thomas de Waal — sibling (P3373): Edmund de Waal. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Thomas de Waal — social media followers (P8687): 27,310. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Thomas de Waal — social media followers (P8687): 13,033. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Thomas de Waal — social media followers (P8687): 28,512. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Thomas de Waal — social media followers (P8687): 40,139. wikidata.org.

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[25] ↑ Black Garden — P31: literary work. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
[27] ↑ Georgia's Dangerous Moment Is a Challenge for the EU — P31: document. Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Educated at → Balliol College

Family name → De Waal

Country of citizenship → United Kingdom

Sex or gender → male

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