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William Paterson

Scottish trader and banker
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William Paterson
Innes, J. H. (John H.) · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
April 1, 1658
Date of death
January 22, 1719
Place of birth
Dumfries and Galloway
Place of death
Westminster
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Great Britain[11]
Occupation
economist, banker, merchant, author, politician
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15][16][17][18]
Different from
William Paterson[20]
Family name
Paterson[13]
Given name
William[14]
Place of burial
Burial Ground, Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sir William Paterson en William Paterson fr Sir William Paterson ja ウィリアム・パターソン ko 윌리엄 패터슨 pt William Paterson (comerciante) pt William Patterson ru Уильям Пэтерсон zh 威廉·佩特森
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000090439877
VIAF cluster ID
30333036
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83008532
GND ID
118789856
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
170837322
British Museum person or institution ID
159342
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00588960
DDB person (GND) ID
118789856
Electronic Enlightenment ID
paterwilli004242
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/William-Paterson-British-economist
FAST ID
107739
Find a Grave memorial ID
101997884
Show all 34 identifiers +22
Freebase ID
/m/025zsg
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
279
IdRef ID
113983204
J9U entity ID
987007273805905171
KBR person ID
14771451
NLA Trove people ID
1525054
NNDB people ID
625/000096337
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000451593
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810562342305606
Online Books Page author ID
Paterson, William, 1658-1719
Open Library ID
OL697025A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
21538
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100310213
Prabook ID
1861396
SBN author ID
LO1V363747
SNAC ARK ID
w67s7ksx
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10009417
Treccani ID
william-paterson
UK National Archives ID
F53013
WikiTree person ID
Paterson-3633
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkT9G6cWWwbPxWwHKQDv3
Yale LUX ID
person/403ae22b-64be-4071-b890-9ad5e14de5bc

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Occupation 2
economist, banker
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Great Britain
Different from 1
William Paterson
Family name 1
Paterson
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Dumfries and Galloway
Place of death 1
Westminster
Sex or gender 1
male
← Different from 1
William Paterson
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Summary

William Paterson was born on April 1, 1658[1], in Dumfries and Galloway[2]. He died on January 22, 1719[3], in Westminster[4]. He worked as an economist[5], banker[6], merchant[7], author[8], and politician[9].

FAQs

Where was William Paterson born?

William Paterson's place of birth was Dumfries and Galloway[2].

Where did William Paterson die?

William Paterson died in Westminster[4].

What did William Paterson do for work?

William Paterson worked as an economist[5], banker[6], merchant[7], author[8], and politician[9].

Related Entities

Kingdom of Great Britain

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Family name → Paterson
    Described by source → Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    Place of birth → Dumfries and Galloway
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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