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Thomas Ravenscroft

English musician and editor
Person Human Q634595

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1592, 1588[9]
Date of death
1635
Place of birth
Cheshire
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of England[10]
Occupation
composer, musicologist, music theorist, editor
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, The Oxford Companion to Music, Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Different from
Thomas Ravenscroft, Thomas Ravenscroft[22]
Family name
Ravenscroft[13]
Given name
Thomas[14]
Movement
Baroque music[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Christian Hymns[23]
Writing language
English[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas Ravenscroft he תומאס רייבנסקרופט ja トマス・レイヴンズクロフト ru Равенскрофт ru Равенскрофт, Томас ru Рейвенскрофт ru Рейвенскрофт, Томас ru Рэвенскрофт ru Рэвенскрофт, Томас ru Томас Равенскрофт ru Томас Рейвенскрофт ru Томас Рэвенскрофт
🔖 Identifiers · 45
ISNI
000000007357337X
VIAF cluster ID
22328490
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82020265
GND ID
10054262X
BBC Things ID
4f885767-7e74-48dc-801b-35b71802bd73
BIBSYS ID
4102777
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13898841j
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01373718
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1007094
CiNii Research ID
1140282266541118720
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
10054262X
Dezède person ID
43732
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Discogs artist ID
931733
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Thomas-Ravenscroft
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
thomas-ravenscroft
Europeana entity
agent/base/148572
FAST ID
87167
Freebase ID
/m/01xz00
GTAA ID
258677
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
10628
Hymnary author ID
Ravenscroft_T
IMSLP ID
Category:Ravenscroft,_Thomas
IdRef ID
182413861
J9U entity ID
987007274915805171
KBR person ID
14069137
LiederNet composer ID
5446
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000276051
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02186158
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2014851329
NLA Trove people ID
954692
NUKAT ID
n2013050842
National Library of Latvia ID
000047118
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810541180605606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1781932
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068114257
Obálky knih ID
mzk2014851329
OpenMLOL author ID
53405
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
23172
Prabook ID
1783054
RISM ID
people/30005260
SNAC ARK ID
w61v5r7w
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10010130
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/7b8ea50e-f939-48ea-80a2-0cc73d3851d9

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Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Occupation 3
composer, musicologist, music theorist
Mb:writer 2
Three Blind Mice, Three Blind Mice
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of England
Given name 1
Thomas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Movement 1
Baroque music
Place of birth 1
Cheshire
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Thomas Ravenscroft was born in 1592[1] in Cheshire[2]. He died in 1635[3] in London[4]. He worked as a composer[5], musicologist[6], music theorist[7], and editor[8].

FAQs

Where was Thomas Ravenscroft born?

Thomas Ravenscroft's place of birth was Cheshire[2].

Where did Thomas Ravenscroft die?

Thomas Ravenscroft passed away in London[4].

What did Thomas Ravenscroft do for work?

Thomas Ravenscroft worked as a composer[5], musicologist[6], music theorist[7], and editor[8].

Related Entities

Kingdom of England London

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → composer, musicologist, music theorist +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32119: import P21 and P106 from GND (32)"
  2. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → composer, musicologist, music theorist +1
    Country of citizenship → Kingdom of England
    Different from → Thomas Ravenscroft
    Family name → Ravenscroft
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    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30851: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (7)"
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