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Thomas Simpson

English composer
Person human Q7793973

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
April 1, 1582, 1582[6]
Date of death
1628
Place of birth
Kent
Place of death
Copenhagen
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of England[7]
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Date of baptism
April 1, 1582[17]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Riemann's Music Dictionary[14][15]
Family name
Simpson[10]
Given name
Thomas[11]
Instrument
violin, viol[12][13]
Movement
Baroque music[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas Simpson
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000080022023
VIAF cluster ID
71579316
Library of Congress authority ID
n80079506
GND ID
132796511
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001206836
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
138998099
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01097201
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1002601
DDB person (GND) ID
132796511
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
132796511
Discogs artist ID
1317700
Europeana entity
agent/base/43294
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FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_132796511
FactGrid item ID
Joe Renzetti
Freebase ID
/m/01vq12z
GTAA ID
1443078
IMSLP ID
Category:Simpson,_Thomas
IdRef ID
163820228
KBR person ID
14118299
Liber Liber author ID
s/thomas-simpson
MusicBrainz artist ID
e83906a7-67b1-481c-831f-8d7409145cb4
Musicalics composer ID
82252
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
197532
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000248382
NL CR AUT ID
xx0023895
NLP ID
a0000003309344
NUKAT ID
n2013146160
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007456455705171
National Library of Latvia ID
000046984
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810701463705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
126068410
OpenMLOL author ID
54967
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
25593
RISM ID
people/30014493
SVKKL authority ID
p0094760-Simpson-Thomas-1582asi-1628
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10011113
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkMJbk8PTtqVQwphMqG73
Yale LUX ID
person/51bef591-788e-490d-9930-b8bd79ce87b5

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🔗 Connections
Instrument 2
violin, viol
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of England
FactGrid item ID 1
Joe Renzetti
Family name 1
Simpson
Given name 1
Thomas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Movement 1
Baroque music
Occupation 1
composer
Place of birth 1
Kent
Place of death 1
Copenhagen
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Thomas Simpson was born on April 1, 1582[1], in Kent[2]. He died on 1628[3] in Copenhagen[4]. He worked as a composer[5].

FAQs

Where was Thomas Simpson born?

Thomas Simpson was born in Kent[2].

Where did Thomas Simpson die?

Thomas Simpson died in Copenhagen[4].

What did Thomas Simpson do for work?

Thomas Simpson worked as a composer[5].

Related Entities

Kingdom of England

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'vi']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Riemann's Music Dictionary
    Aliases → —
    Date of birth → +1582-04-01T00:00:00Z, +1582-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Place of death → Copenhagen
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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