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Arthur Holmes

English geologist (1890–1965)
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Arthur Holmes
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23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[27]
Date of birth
January 14, 1890
Date of death
September 20, 1965
Place of birth
Gateshead
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
geophysicist, geologist
Employer
Durham University, University of Edinburgh[12][13]
Field of work
geology[10]
Position held
Regius Professor of Geology[11]
Educated at
Imperial College London, Gateshead Grammar School[14][15]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society, Murchison Medal, Penrose Medal, Vetlesen Prize, Makdougall Brisbane Prize, Wollaston Medal[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Spouse
Doris Reynolds[7]
Nominated for
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry[31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[32]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[30]
Family name
Holmes[28]
Given name
Arthur[29]
Influenced by
Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh[26]
Member of
Royal Society of London, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[22][23][24][25]
Name in native language
Arthur Holmes[33]
Native language
English[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Arthur Holmes ar آرثر هولمز de A. Holmes he ארתור הולמס ja アーサー・ホームズ ru Холмс, Артур ru Артур Холмс uk Артур Голмс zh 阿瑟·赫尔姆斯 zh 阿瑟·霍姆斯 zh 阿瑟·霍爾姆斯 zh-hant 阿瑟·赫爾姆斯
🔖 Identifiers · 63
ISNI
0000000083777499
VIAF cluster ID
44391874
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50032679
GND ID
122915178
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151060083
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
arthur-holmes
BIBSYS ID
90210749
BabelNet ID
00006097n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12441329r
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ID
1966.0013
CONOR.SI ID
181325411
CTHS person ID
117250
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11242184
CiNii Research ID
1140845216772325632
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Arthur-Holmes
FAST ID
10990
FactGrid item ID
Dřetovice
Freebase ID
/m/03gv9z
Goodreads author ID
638190
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
25963
IdRef ID
033556938
Interlingual Index ID
i95567
J9U entity ID
987007262606005171
KNAW past member ID
PE00000916
Lex ID
Arthur_Holmes
Libraries Australia ID
35203035
Libris-URI
nl039bb639q78bb
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00326733
NDL Authority ID
00443650
NE.se ID
arthur-holmes
NLA Trove people ID
863405
NLB authority ID (Belarus)
SEK-ar1820993
NNDB people ID
739/000204127
NUKAT ID
n2010102246
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001212975
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000064423
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CtwQ;=CP
National Library of Portugal ID
69170
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1127560
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp143302
National Virtual Library of India ID
154213, 157937
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067529828
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
13388
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3912372
Open Library ID
OL166557A
Open Plaques subject ID
5309
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
33951
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095941955
Parsifal cluster ID
117222
Past Fellow of the Royal Society ID
NA4981
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
37963
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
26842
RERO ID (legacy)
A003380171
S2A3 Biographical Database ID
32
SBN author ID
SBLV117165
SELIBR ID
354726
SHARE Catalogue author ID
47781
SNAC ARK ID
w6nc84m8
Treccani ID
arthur-holmes
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1002667
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11076794-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdRyXrRMBDBKDxrtGhj4q
Yale LUX ID
person/7da3b7ea-a568-42c2-95a0-9f62eab134da

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🔗 Connections
Award received 6
Fellow of the Royal Society, Wollaston Medal, Penrose Medal, Murchison Medal, Vetlesen Prize, Makdougall Brisbane Prize
Member of 4
Royal Society of London, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Employer 2
University of Edinburgh, Durham University
Named after 2
Holmes Hills, Arthur Holmes Medal
Nominated for 2
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Occupation 2
geologist, geophysicist
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
Imperial College London
FactGrid item ID 1
Dřetovice
Family name 1
Holmes
Field of work 1
geology
Given name 1
Arthur
Influenced by 1
Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Gateshead
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Doris Reynolds
Spouses 1
Doris Reynolds
← FactGrid item ID 1
Kozły, Masovian Voivodeship
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Summary

Arthur Holmes was born on January 14, 1890[1], in Gateshead[2]. He died on September 20, 1965[3], in London[4]. He worked as a geophysicist[5] and geologist[6].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Arthur Holmes include Arthur Holmes Medal[34], an award[35] and Holmes Hills[36], a nunatak[37].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Arthur Holmes include Arthur Holmes Medal[34], an award[35] and Holmes Hills[36], a nunatak[37].

FAQs

Where was Arthur Holmes born?

Arthur Holmes's place of birth was Gateshead[2].

Where did Arthur Holmes die?

Arthur Holmes died in London[4].

Who was Arthur Holmes married to?

Arthur Holmes's spouses include Doris Reynolds[7].

What did Arthur Holmes do for work?

Arthur Holmes worked as a geophysicist[5] and geologist[6].

Where did Arthur Holmes go to school?

Arthur Holmes was educated at Imperial College London[14] and Gateshead Grammar School[15].

What awards did Arthur Holmes receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[16], Murchison Medal[17], Penrose Medal[18], and Vetlesen Prize[19].

Related Entities

geology Imperial College London London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . geosociety.org. geosociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . lamont.columbia.edu. lamont.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved . geolsoc.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . cths.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . cths.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . nobelprize.org. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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