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Vernon Scannell

British boxer and poet (1922–2007)
Person Human Q13132178

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
January 23, 1922
Date of death
November 16, 2007
Place of birth
Spilsby
Place of death
West Yorkshire, Otley[3][8]
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[9][10]
Occupation
poet, boxer, writer
Educated at
University of Leeds[11]
Award received
Cholmondeley Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[12][13]
Cause of death
disease[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Archives at
University of Leeds Libraries, National Library of Wales[16][17]
Given name
Vernon[20]
Manner of death
natural causes[21]
Member of
Royal Society of Literature[14]
Sport
boxing[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Bain en John Vernon Bain en Vernon Scannell
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000114406069
VIAF cluster ID
29660367
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50016940
GND ID
120404214
BBC Things ID
2c839966-5560-4e0a-b7b5-cc3261b6c753
BIBSYS ID
90114634
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
ScannellVernon
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12819086r
CiNii Research ID
1140845216506197504
Europeana entity
agent/base/70841
FAST ID
5350
Freebase ID
/m/055g2f
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Goodreads author ID
10772
IdRef ID
078841372
J9U entity ID
987007441905205171
Libraries Australia ID
35478254
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01200344
NSK (VIAF) ID
000127643
NSK ID
981005778413609366
NUKAT ID
n00067868
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000071208
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp69848
National Virtual Library of India ID
124890, 124891
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068472307
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
99252
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100444463
Poetry Archive poet ID
vernon-scannell
Poetry Foundation ID
vernon-scannell
Prabook ID
1312100
RERO ID (legacy)
A003790590
SBN author ID
MILV203676
SHARE Catalogue author ID
166711
SNAC ARK ID
w6mg9f75
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
3952
UK National Archives ID
F58924
WikiTree person ID
Bain-2307
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyrQFBq78m7J4MBx8XTpP
Yale LUX ID
person/0626c52e-ef2a-4531-8367-9cce1d0a93f6

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🔗 Connections
Country of citizenship 2
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation 2
poet, boxer
Archives at 1
National Library of Wales
Award received 1
Cholmondeley Award
Cause of death 1
disease
Educated at 1
University of Leeds
Founded entities 1
Dunlop Rubber
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of 1
Royal Society of Literature
Place of birth 1
Spilsby
Place of death 1
West Yorkshire
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
boxing
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Summary

Vernon Scannell was born in Spilsby[1]. He was born on January 23, 1922[2]. He passed away in West Yorkshire[3]. He died on November 16, 2007[4]. He worked as a poet[5], boxer[6], and writer[7].

Body

Recognition

Awards received include Cholmondeley Award[12], a poetry award[23], in United Kingdom[24], founded in 1966[25] and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[13], a fellowship award[26], in United Kingdom[27].

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include West Yorkshire[3], a metropolitan county[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1974[30] and Otley[8], a civil parish[31], in United Kingdom[32].

FAQs

Where was Vernon Scannell born?

Born in Spilsby[1].

Where did Vernon Scannell die?

Vernon Scannell died in West Yorkshire[3].

What did Vernon Scannell do for work?

Vernon Scannell worked as poet[5], boxer[6], and writer[7].

Where did Vernon Scannell go to school?

Vernon Scannell was educated at University of Leeds[11].

What awards did Vernon Scannell receive?

Honors received include Cholmondeley Award[12] and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[13].

Related Entities

disease National Library of Wales United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . societyofauthors.org. societyofauthors.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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    Place of death → West Yorkshire, Otley
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