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William Poundstone

American writer
Person Human Q8017029

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
March 29, 1955
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
biographer, journalist, author, columnist
Educated at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7]
Official website
william-poundstone.com, home.williampoundstone.net[10][11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[12]
Given name
William[9]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[13]
Social media followers
+2186[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Poundstone fa پاوندستون، ویلیام، ۱۹۵۵ - م. he ויליאם פאונדסטון ja ウィリアム・パウンドストーン uk Вільям Паундстоун zh 威廉·庞士东 zh 威廉·龐德斯通
🔖 Identifiers · 50
ISNI
0000000080888847
VIAF cluster ID
9923093
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83039930
GND ID
1050299302
Amazon author ID
B000APFI2K
Apple Music artist ID
411718637
BIBSYS ID
90097995
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
PoundstoneWilliam
Babelio author ID
101105
Bibliopoche author ID
33440
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123467245
CONOR.SI ID
243854691
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CiNii Research ID
1140000791803505152
DDB person (GND) ID
1050299302
ELMCIP ID
649
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
6343
Europeana entity
agent/base/85003
FAST ID
1993595
Freebase ID
/m/0c_gqz
GTAA ID
143359
Goodreads author ID
16598
Hoopla artist ID
1648403389
IdRef ID
032437161
J9U entity ID
987007298568505171
KBR person ID
14136964
LibraryThing author ID
poundstonewilliam
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01838151
NDL Authority ID
00473264
NL CR AUT ID
vse2012701314
NLA Trove people ID
1218409
NLAI ID
85638
NNDB people ID
775/000214133
NUKAT ID
n2011076647
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200400321
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810592532105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1070211
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072859121
Official blog URL
william-poundstone.com
Online Books Page author ID
Poundstone, William
Open Library ID
OL20538A
OpenMLOL author ID
303305
Parsifal cluster ID
120401
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
64083
Quora topic ID
William-Poundstone-1
Quora username
William-Poundstone
Unz Review author ID
PoundstoneWilliam
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpDKrmjK7Hk7CJVMm6qcP
X (Twitter) username
WPoundstone
Yale LUX ID
person/b038eafb-d16e-48e1-898b-0d3713b0a119
ZbMATH author ID
poundstone.william

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Summary

William Poundstone was born on March 29, 1955[1]. He has worked as a biographer[2], journalist[3], author[4], and columnist[5].

FAQs

What did William Poundstone do for work?

William Poundstone worked as a biographer[2], journalist[3], author[4], and columnist[5].

Where did William Poundstone go to school?

William Poundstone was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    KBR person ID → 14136964
    Parsifal cluster ID → 120401
    Social media followers → 2,186
    NUKAT ID → n2011076647
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