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Bancroft Davis

American politician
Person human Q4854155

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
December 29, 1822, 1822[10]
Date of death
December 27, 1907, 1907[11]
Place of birth
Worcester
Place of death
Washington, D.C.
Country of citizenship
United States[14]
Occupation
lawyer, judge, diplomat, politician, writer, jurist[15]
Position held
member of the New York State Assembly[16]
Educated at
Harvard University[17]
Member of political party
Republican Party[20]
Father
John Davis[12]
Mother
Eliza Bancroft[13]
Sibling
Horace Davis[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Described by source
Library of the World's Best Literature, The New Student's Reference Work, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography[23][24][25]
Family name
Davis[21]
Given name
John[22]
Member of
American Antiquarian Society[18]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en John C. Bancroft Davis en John Chandler Bancroft Davis en Bancroft Davis en J. C. Bancroft Davis ar بانكروفت ديفيس he בנקרופט דייוויס ja ジョン・チャンドラー・バンクロフト・デイヴィス ja ジョン・チャンドラー・バンクロフト・デイビス ja バンクロフト・デイヴィス ja J・C・バンクロフト・デイヴィス ja J・C・バンクロフト・デーヴィス ja J・C・バンクロフト・デービス ja J・C・バンクロフト・デイビス ja ジョン・チャンドラー・バンクロフト・デーヴィス ja ジョン・チャンドラー・バンクロフト・デービス zh 班克羅夫特·戴維斯
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000119919613
VIAF cluster ID
42222229
Library of Congress authority ID
n85158258
GND ID
173017096
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
J. C. Bancroft Davis.jpg ↗
American National Biography ID
0400301
Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America ID
705
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122053077
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges alpha ID
davis-john-chandler-bancroft
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges numeric ID
1393176
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01929867, cnp01330508
Curran Index contributor ID
732
Show all 30 identifiers +18
FAST ID
169625
Find a Grave memorial ID
16352077
Freebase ID
/m/03vcd8
GeneaStar person ID
davisj0
Geni.com profile ID
6000000013427047154
IdRef ID
088932559
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007274520905171
Open Library ID
OL2541431A, OL2159099A
OpenMLOL author ID
94832
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095702500
Prabook ID
1067765
Rodovid ID
79155
SNAC ARK ID
w6sb486x
SNARC ID
Ernst Kupfer
WeRelate person ID
Bancroft_Davis_(1)
WikiTree person ID
Davis-16474
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvt6wP6md9QKG9ryCyKh3
Yale LUX ID
person/022ce8b1-7dd7-486b-907a-437d2191f5b5

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, lawyer, politician, judge, diplomat
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Educated at 1
Harvard University
Family name 1
Davis
Father 1
John Davis
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Antiquarian Society
Member of political party 1
Republican Party
Parent of 1
John Davis
Place of birth 1
Worcester
Place of death 1
Washington, D.C.
SNARC ID 1
Ernst Kupfer
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Horace Davis
Siblings 1
Horace Davis
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Summary

Bancroft Davis was born on December 29, 1822[1], in Worcester[2]. He died on December 27, 1907[3], in Washington, D.C.[4]. He worked as a lawyer[5], judge[6], diplomat[7], politician[8], and writer[9].

FAQs

Where was Bancroft Davis born?

Bancroft Davis was born in Worcester[2].

Where did Bancroft Davis die?

Bancroft Davis passed away in Washington, D.C.[4].

Who were Bancroft Davis's parents?

Bancroft Davis's father was John Davis[12]. Bancroft Davis's mother was Eliza Bancroft[13].

What did Bancroft Davis do for work?

Bancroft Davis worked as a lawyer[5], judge[6], diplomat[7], politician[8], and writer[9].

Where did Bancroft Davis go to school?

Bancroft Davis was educated at Harvard University[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . research.frick.org. research.frick.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [10] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [11] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Given name → John
    Family name → Davis
    Sibling → Horace Davis
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