Wilson Bentley

American photographer (1867-1931)
Person human Q218471
Wilson Bentley
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
February 9, 1865
Date of death
December 23, 1931
Place of birth
Jericho
Place of death
Jericho
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
farmer, photographer
Citizenship
United States
Cause of death
pneumonia[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Contributed to creative work
Popular Science
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Family name
Bentley
Given name
Wilson
Manner of death
natural causes
Name in native language
Wilson Bentley
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library
Pseudonym
Bentley, Wilson Alwyn
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Snowflake Bentley en Wilson Bentley en Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley en Wilson Alwyn Bentley en Wilson A. Bentley en W. A. Bentley ar ويلسون بنتلي cs Snowflake Bentley de Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley de Wilson Alwyn Bentley el Γουίλσον Μπέντλεϋ el Γουίλσον Μπέντλεϊ he וילסון בנטלי ja ウィルソン・ベントレー nl W.A. Bentley nl Wilson Alwyn Bentley ru Уилсон Бентли sv Bentley th วิลสัน เบนต์ลีย์ uk Вілсон Бентлі
🔖 Identifiers · 56
VIAF cluster ID
57495331
Library of Congress authority ID
n79026859
GND ID
12244471X
ARTIC artist ID
110897
Artists of the World ID
42241979
Artnet artist ID
wilson-a-bentley
Artsy artist ID
wilson-a-bentley
AskArt person ID
11292589
BIBSYS ID
99038618
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
125069723
Bridgeman artist ID
37295
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CONOR.SI ID
111793251
Christie's creator ID
11775
DDB person (GND) ID
12244471X
Discogs artist ID
4156128
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
85479
Europeana entity
agent/base/153269
FAST ID
32395
FotoCH photographer ID
36658
Freebase ID
/m/05973m
George Eastman Museum people ID
5973
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m05973m
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
wilson-bentley
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0009361
IdRef ID
116431962
Invaluable.com person ID
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Luminous-Lint ID
Wilson_A__Bentley
Met Constituent ID
59574
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
30493
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
46919
NL CR AUT ID
jn20020912005
NUKAT ID
n2005140480
National Gallery of Canada artist ID
wilson-a-bentley
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007276397505171
National Library of Portugal ID
82305
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX6053613
National Virtual Library of India ID
419376
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
09501781X
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
10202
Obálky knih ID
jn20020912005
Online Books Page author ID
Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931
Open Library ID
OL4681737A
OpenMLOL author ID
94526
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
4461
Prabook ID
1104122
RKDartists ID
393018
SBN author ID
PALV047619
SFMOMA artist ID
Wilson_Alwyn_Bentley
SNAC ARK ID
w6rr26vp
Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators ID
6198
Topic's main category
Category:Wilson Bentley
Union List of Artist Names ID
500088866
WikiTree person ID
Bentley-2168
WorldCat Entities ID
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Occupation 2
Cause of death 1
Contributed to creative work 1
Country of citizenship 1
Family name 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Manner of death 1
Named after 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Sex or gender 1
Writing language 1
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Summary

Wilson Bentley was born in Jericho[1]. He was born on February 9, 1865[2]. He passed away in Jericho[3]. He died on December 23, 1931[4]. He worked as a farmer[5] and photographer[6].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Wilson Bentley include Bentley Crag[11], a hill[12].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Bentley Crag[11], a hill[12].

FAQs

Where was Wilson Bentley born?

Wilson Bentley was born in Jericho[1].

Where did Wilson Bentley die?

Wilson Bentley died in Jericho[3].

What did Wilson Bentley do for work?

Wilson Bentley worked as farmer[5] and photographer[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . washingtonpost.com. washingtonpost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . news.bbc.co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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