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William Hayley

British writer (1745-1820)
Person human Q74936

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
November 9, 1745
Date of death
November 12, 1820, 1820[8]
Place of birth
Chichester
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Great Britain[10]
Occupation
poet, painter, biographer, writer
Educated at
Trinity Hall, Eton College[11][12]
Child
Thomas Alphonso Hayley[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[26]
Depicted by
William Hayley[18]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19][20][21][22]
Family name
Hayley[16]
Given name
William[17]
Has works in the collection
National Gallery of Art[25]
Owner of
The Turret[24]
Residence
Felpham, The Turret[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Hayley ar ويليام هايلي he ויליאם היילי zh 威廉·海莉
🔖 Identifiers · 75
ISNI
0000000081240540
VIAF cluster ID
45100846
Library of Congress authority ID
n50034041
GND ID
11891751X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
William Hayley by Henry Howard.jpg ↗
ARAE ID
hayley-william-1745-1820
American Academy in Rome ID
12410825
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/93605
BHL creator ID
17763
BIBSYS ID
90122566
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
HayleyWilliam1745-1820
Babelio author ID
303051
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16945941n
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
367
British Museum person or institution ID
136713
CANTIC ID
981058528554406706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00542268
Cambridge Alumni Database ID
HLY762W
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11946576
CiNii Research ID
1140845216634082816
DDB person (GND) ID
11891751X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11891751X
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Edward Jenner
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
a6b2a337-0fdb-4dc6-ba43-314ea60534db
Electronic Enlightenment ID
haylewilli017247
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/William-Hayley
FAST ID
11466
Freebase ID
/m/041_vn
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m041_vn
IdRef ID
132330857
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11891751X
LBT person ID
WiHayle1820
Libraries Australia ID
35181374
LiederNet author ID
21748
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05342486
NLA Trove people ID
854755
National Gallery of Art artist ID
7103
National Library of Chile ID
000126281
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000056664
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007270797805171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9813176273505606
National Library of Russia ID
770255824, 770255809
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp02103
National Virtual Library of India ID
472414
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07053974X
Online Books Page author ID
Hayley, William, 1745-1820
Open Library ID
OL6347585A, OL417918A
OpenMLOL author ID
37689
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
12769
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095925757
Parsifal cluster ID
714118
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
53992
Project Gutenberg author ID
2939
RA Collections ID
16249
RERO ID (legacy)
A003355669
RISM ID
people/50052665
RKDartists ID
288578
Royal Academy ID
william-hayley
SBN author ID
PUVV227261
SHARE Catalogue author ID
717889
SNAC ARK ID
w63x8b6x
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
30074
Shakeosphere person ID
41546
Spenserians person ID
33211
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
2042
The Women's Print History Project person ID
4167
Treccani ID
william-hayley
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
william-hayley
UK National Archives ID
F33226
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058528554406706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10240482
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/171512
Wellcome Collection concept ID
vkf4q3e2
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtcK8pCGx3B7PkQrYrcyd
YCBA agent ID
1510

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Occupation 4
writer, poet, painter, biographer
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Educated at 2
Eton College, Trinity Hall
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Great Britain
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Edward Jenner
Given name 1
William
Has works in the collection 1
National Gallery of Art
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Chichester
Residence 1
Felpham
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Book of Nahum
← Sponsor 1
William Blake
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Summary

William Hayley was born on November 9, 1745[1], in Chichester[2]. He died on November 12, 1820[3]. He worked as a poet[4], painter[5], biographer[6], and writer[7].

FAQs

Where was William Hayley born?

William Hayley's place of birth was Chichester[2].

What did William Hayley do for work?

William Hayley worked as a poet[4], painter[5], biographer[6], and writer[7].

Where did William Hayley go to school?

William Hayley was educated at Trinity Hall[11] and Eton College[12].

Related Entities

Chichester Edward Jenner Kingdom of Great Britain National Gallery of Art William Blake

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . The Paintings of William Blake. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . The Paintings of William Blake. wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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