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William John Locke

British writer (1863–1930)
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William John Locke
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
March 20, 1863
Date of death
May 15, 1930
Place of birth
British Guiana, Demerara[1][8]
Place of death
Paris
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[9][10]
Occupation
playwright, writer, author
Educated at
St John's College[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Archives at
Harry Ransom Center[13]
Described by source
Library of the World's Best Literature, Literary Encyclopedia 1929—1939, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17][18][19]
Family name
Locke[14]
Given name
William, John[15][16]
Name in native language
William John Locke[21]
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148322
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🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 75
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VIAF cluster ID
24727505
Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
130872105
Allcinema person ID
18341
At the Circulating Library ID
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Az.lib.ru author ID
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BAnQ authority ID
0000028454
BIBSYS ID
90169328
BVMC person ID
41672
Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CANTIC ID
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CONOR.BG ID
3032933
Cambridge Alumni Database ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DBC author ID
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Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Europeana entity
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FAST ID
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
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IDU person ID
79612
IMDb ID
nm0516813, nm0516810
ISFDB author ID
122513
IdRef ID
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Internet Broadway Database person ID
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Kinobox person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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LibriVox author ID
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Literary Encyclopedia ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05145361
NDL Authority ID
01006364
NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Chile ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
000462987
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007279358805171
National Library of Latvia ID
000009830
National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Russia ID
7751011, 7751010
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1002997
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp02775
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072512415
NooSFere author ID
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Obálky knih ID
jo20000080560
Online Books Page author ID
Locke, William John, 1863-1930
Open Library ID
OL18282A
OpenMLOL author ID
22812
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Prabook ID
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Project Gutenberg author ID
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Projekt Gutenberg-DE author ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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Regensburg Classification
HM 3360
SBN author ID
SBLV034800
SNAC ARK ID
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TMDB person ID
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UK National Archives ID
F57033
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058517325706706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1228099
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10919590
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/215286
WBPLN author ID
Locke, William J.
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ČSFD person ID
395910

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
writer, author, playwright
Country of citizenship 2
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Given name 2
John, William
Archives at 1
Harry Ransom Center
Described by source 1
Literary Encyclopedia 1929—1939
Educated at 1
St John's College
Films written 1
The Morals of Marcus
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
British Guiana
Place of death 1
Paris
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Born in British Guiana[1], he… he was born on March 20, 1863[2]. He passed away in Paris[3]. He died on May 15, 1930[4]. He worked as a playwright[5], writer[6], and author[7].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include British Guiana[1], a crown colony[22], in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[23], founded in 1814[24] and Demerara[8], a historical region[25], founded in 1745[26].

FAQs

Where was William John Locke born?

Born in British Guiana[1].

Where did William John Locke die?

William John Locke died in Paris[3].

What did William John Locke do for work?

William John Locke worked as playwright[5], writer[6], and author[7].

Where did William John Locke go to school?

William John Locke was educated at St John's College[11].

Related Entities

United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . bksh.al. Retrieved . bksh.al. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Retrieved . norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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