Wilbur Davenport

American scientist (1920-2003)
Person human Q8000172
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Wilbur Davenport

Summary

Wilbur Davenport is a human[1]. He was born on +1920-07-27T00:00:00Z[2]. He died on +2003-08-28T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a scientist[4] and university teacher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Wilbur Davenport was born on +1920-07-27T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Wilbur Davenport died on +2003-08-28T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Wilbur Davenport held citizenship in United States[7].
  • Wilbur Davenport's professions included scientist[4].
  • Wilbur Davenport worked as a university teacher[5].
  • Wilbur Davenport was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[8].
  • Wilbur Davenport's doctoral advisor was Robert Fano[9].
  • Wilbur Davenport was a member of National Academy of Engineering[10].
  • Wilbur Davenport is recorded as male[11].
  • Wilbur Davenport's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Wilbur Davenport supervised Victor On-kwok Li as a doctoral student[13].
  • Wilbur Davenport supervised George L. Turin as a doctoral student[14].
  • Wilbur Davenport's ISNI is recorded as 000000003451211X[15].
  • Wilbur Davenport's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 77493554[16].
  • Wilbur Davenport's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83827758[17].
  • Wilbur Davenport's IdRef ID is recorded as 102423369[18].
  • Wilbur Davenport's SBN author ID is recorded as MILV050299[19].
  • Wilbur Davenport's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 113360[20].
  • Wilbur Davenport's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026hhjf[21].
  • Wilbur Davenport's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as vse2013769268[22].
  • Wilbur Davenport's family name is recorded as Davenport[23].
  • Wilbur Davenport's given name is recorded as Wilbur[24].
  • Wilbur Davenport's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 068150350[25].
  • Wilbur Davenport's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2010306379[26].
  • Wilbur Davenport's Academic Tree ID is recorded as 731122[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Wilbur Davenport was born on +1920-07-27T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Wilbur Davenport's education included a stint at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[8]. His doctoral advisor was Robert Fano[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include scientist[4] and university teacher[5]. Doctoral students include Victor On-kwok Li[13], a university teacher[28], b. 1954[29], of British Hong Kong[30], awarded the IEEE Fellow[31], specialised in information technology[32] and George L. Turin[14], an information engineer[33], 1930–2014[34], of United States[35], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[36].

Death and Burial

Wilbur Davenport died on +2003-08-28T00:00:00Z[3].

Why It Matters

Wilbur Davenport ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[6]

FAQs

What did Wilbur Davenport do for work?

Wilbur Davenport worked as scientist[4] and university teacher[5].

Where did Wilbur Davenport go to school?

Wilbur Davenport was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] . nae.edu. nae.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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