Thomas Urquhart

Scottish writer and translator

Person human Q2067648

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Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: 1611
Date of death: 1660
Place of birth: Cromarty
Place of death: Cromarty
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Scotland^[12]
Occupation: linguist, writer, translator, mathematician, Traditional genealogist, poet, author^[13]^[14]
Educated at: University of Aberdeen, King's College^[15]^[16]
Father: Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty^[10]
Mother: Christian Elphinstone^[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French, English^[24]^[25]
Described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21]^[22]^[23]
Family name: Urquhart^[19]
Given name: Thomas^[20]
Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics^[27]
Name in native language: Thomas Urquhart^[26]
P14397: 6908
Participated in conflict: English Civil War^[18]
Writing language: English^[28]

🏷️ Also known as

en Sir Thomas Urquhart en Thomas Urquhart ar توماس أوركهارت el Τόμας Ούρκουχαρτ es Thomas Urquhart de Cromarty fr Thomas Urquhart de Cromarty ja トーマス・アーカート ja トマス・アーカート ru Томас Уркхарт ru Уркхарт, Томас sv Sir Thomas Urquhart sv Urquhart zh 托馬斯·厄克特

🔖 Identifiers · 67

ISNI: 0000000110653484
VIAF cluster ID: 61540558
Library of Congress authority ID: n50045795
GND ID: 118803557
Academy of Athens authority ID: 154941
Alvin ID: alvin-person:19576
American Academy in Rome ID: 12411443
Angelicum ID: 86222
BAnQ authority ID: 0000056416
BIBSYS ID: 90292112
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 118877526
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID: 7750

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British Museum person or institution ID: 151215
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01428083
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10947089
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741564204288
DDB person (GND) ID: 118803557
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Thomas-Urquhart
FAST ID: 15754
Freebase ID: /m/036ts7
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID: 1619
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000003714186666
IdRef ID: 026673355
IxTheo authority ID: 079578306
LBT person ID: ThUrquh1660
Libraries Australia ID: 35574052
LibriVox author ID: 6995
Libris-URI: khw04tp31zp4qbk
LiederNet author ID: 2875
MusicBrainz artist ID: d68fd5d2-3067-4243-9be9-3356e48adc64
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA02001456
NE.se ID: thomas-urquhart
NL CR AUT ID: kup19990000104887
NLA Trove people ID: 1000740
NUKAT ID: n01097962
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls000073368
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000136281
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007269356505171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810649777505606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1777730
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX954526
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp59823
National Virtual Library of India ID: 1216329
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070079684
Notable Names Database ID: 834/000094552
Obálky knih ID: kup19990000104887
Online Books Page author ID: Urquhart, Thomas, 1611-1660
Open Library ID: OL127094A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 28019
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803114928638
Parsifal cluster ID: 263299
Project Gutenberg author ID: 4932
RERO ID (legacy): A013476648
SBN author ID: MILV389761
SELIBR ID: 317343
SNAC ARK ID: w6v12qk0
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID: 10012218
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID: 4504
The Peerage person ID: p59807.htm#i598065
Treccani ID: sir-thomas-urquhart
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: sir-thomas-urquhart
UK National Archives ID: F64879
Wellcome Collection concept ID: xq2e69gt
WikiTree person ID: Urquhart-714
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJvd3KChPqQv7XRh67x4bd
Yale LUX ID: person/e515e82c-2876-44c3-b213-a52dc3fcdabd
ZbMATH author ID: urquhart.thomas

🔗 Connections

Occupation 6

writer, poet, mathematician, translator, linguist, Traditional genealogist

Described by source 2

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, French

Country of citizenship 1

Kingdom of Scotland

Educated at 1

University of Aberdeen

Family name 1

Urquhart

Given name 1

Thomas

Instance of 1

human

Maintained by WikiProject 1

WikiProject Mathematics

Participated in conflict 1

English Civil War

Place of birth 1

Cromarty

Place of death 1

Cromarty

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Thomas Urquhart was born in 1611^[1] in Cromarty^[2]. He died in 1660^[3] in Cromarty^[4]. He worked as a linguist^[5], writer^[6], translator^[7], mathematician^[8], and genealogist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Thomas Urquhart born?

Thomas Urquhart's place of birth was Cromarty^[2].

Where did Thomas Urquhart die?

Thomas Urquhart passed away in Cromarty^[4].

Who were Thomas Urquhart's parents?

Thomas Urquhart's father was Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty^[10]. Thomas Urquhart's mother was Christian Elphinstone^[11].

What did Thomas Urquhart do for work?

Thomas Urquhart worked as a linguist^[5], writer^[6], translator^[7], mathematician^[8], and genealogist^[9].

Where did Thomas Urquhart go to school?

Thomas Urquhart was educated at University of Aberdeen^[15] and King's College^[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — place of birth (P19): Cromarty. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — place of death (P20): Cromarty. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — father (P22): Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — mother (P25): Christian Elphinstone. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Scotland. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — educated at (P69): University of Aberdeen. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — educated at (P69): King's College. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — occupation (P106): linguist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — occupation (P106): translator. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — occupation (P106): mathematician. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — occupation (P106): genealogist. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — occupation (P106): poet. Retrieved 2019-06-17. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — occupation (P106): author. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — date of birth (P569): 1611. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — date of death (P570): 1660. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — participated in conflict (P607): English Civil War. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — family name (P734): Urquhart. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — given name (P735): Thomas. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — described by source (P1343): The Nuttall Encyclopædia. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — name in native language (P1559): Thomas Urquhart. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — maintained by WikiProject (P6104): WikiProject Mathematics. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Thomas Urquhart — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics

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