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W. Norman Brown

American Indologist (1892–1975)
Person human Q7945849

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
June 24, 1892
Date of death
April 22, 1975
Place of birth
Baltimore
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
Indologist
Employer
University of Pennsylvania[7]
Educated at
Hiram College, Johns Hopkins University[8][9]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship[10]
Father
George William Brown[5]
Family name
Brown[13]
Given name
W.[14]
Member of
American Philosophical Society[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Norman Brown en W. Norman Brown ar دبليو. نورمان براون da William Norman Brown de William Norman Brown fa دابلیو. نورمن براون fi William Norman Brown nl William Norman Brown pt William Norman Brown
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
1055245782
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Reeder
FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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NLA Trove people ID
1153699
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NUKAT ID
n2004070010
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007273557505171
National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070569088
Open Library ID
OL208019A
OpenMLOL author ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
587893
Persons of Indian Studies ID
1000
Persée author ID
30606, 38897
Project Gutenberg author ID
6166
SBN author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Award received 1
Guggenheim Fellowship
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Reeder
Educated at 1
Johns Hopkins University
Employer 1
University of Pennsylvania
Family name 1
Brown
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
American Philosophical Society
Occupation 1
Indologist
Place of birth 1
Baltimore
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

W. Norman Brown was born on June 24, 1892[1], in Baltimore[2]. He died on April 22, 1975[3]. He worked as an Indologist[4].

FAQs

Where was W. Norman Brown born?

W. Norman Brown was born in Baltimore[2].

Who were W. Norman Brown's parents?

W. Norman Brown's father was George William Brown[5].

What did W. Norman Brown do for work?

W. Norman Brown worked as an Indologist[4].

Where did W. Norman Brown go to school?

W. Norman Brown was educated at Hiram College[8] and Johns Hopkins University[9].

What awards did W. Norman Brown receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[10].

Related Entities

Johns Hopkins University United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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