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William Browne

English poet (1590–1645)
Person human Q3775720

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1590
Date of death
1645
Place of birth
Tavistock
Place of death
Ottery St Mary
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, England[7][8]
Occupation
poet, writer
Educated at
Exeter College[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[25]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature[14][15][16][17][18][19]
Different from
Horsey Browne[22]
Family name
Browne[12]
Given name
William[13]
Has works in the collection
National Gallery of Victoria[23]
Member of
Inner Temple[10]
Name in native language
William Browne[21]
Writing language
English[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Browne en William Browne of Tavistock he ויליאם בראון ru Уильям Броун
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
0000000448829889
VIAF cluster ID
18015860
Library of Congress authority ID
n50046037
GND ID
118660268
BIBSYS ID
13022596
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14570077m
Biblissima authority ID
Cleanthes
British Museum person or institution ID
183972
CANTIC ID
981058611606606706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02012043, cnp00582340
DDB person (GND) ID
118660268
De Agostini ID
Browne,+William
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Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
90491
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/William-Browne
FAST ID
1810008
Freebase ID
/m/03rm2n
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
william-browne
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0012452
ISFDB author ID
181141
IdRef ID
127273123
LBT person ID
WiBrown1645
LibriVox author ID
3443
LiederNet author ID
6844
Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries person ID
18015860
MusicBrainz artist ID
fb23a297-ca1b-4bfa-88c9-2505798e0948
NLA Trove people ID
796925
NUKAT ID
n2005092185
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
14504
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000411067
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007275802605171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
06815660X
Open Library ID
OL112794A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
3706
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095531422
Prabook ID
1748106
Project Gutenberg author ID
25028
RPO poet ID
browne-william
SNAC ARK ID
w6xs68hf
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10001671
Spenserians person ID
32783
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
610
Treccani ID
william-browne
UK National Archives ID
F41591
WikiTree person ID
Browne-419
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdrDFvdmQkwYQ7P88WkXd
Yale LUX ID
person/0bbb0add-cd29-4746-b960-c2ee1549130d

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Country of citizenship 2
England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation 2
writer, poet
Educated at 1
Exeter College
Given name 1
William
Has works in the collection 1
National Gallery of Victoria
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Inner Temple
Place of birth 1
Tavistock
Place of death 1
Ottery St Mary
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

William Browne was born on 1590[1] in Tavistock[2]. He died on 1645[3] in Ottery St Mary[4]. He worked as a poet[5] and writer[6].

FAQs

Where was William Browne born?

William Browne was born in Tavistock[2].

Where did William Browne die?

William Browne passed away in Ottery St Mary[4].

What did William Browne do for work?

William Browne worked as a poet[5] and writer[6].

Where did William Browne go to school?

William Browne was educated at Exeter College[9].

Related Entities

England National Gallery of Victoria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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    Educated at → Exeter College
    Writing language → English
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