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Charles Keeping

British illustrator and children's writer (1924-1988)
Person human Q5079712

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
September 22, 1924
Date of death
May 16, 1988
Place of birth
Lambeth
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
writer, illustrator, children's writer
Award received
Kate Greenaway Medal, Carnegie Medal, Kate Greenaway Medal[10][11]
Notable work
The God Beneath the Sea[9]
Cause of death
brain cancer[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Copyright representative
reproduction right not represented by CISAC member[17]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[19]
Given name
Charles[14]
Has works in the collection
Tate[18]
Manner of death
natural causes[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charles Keeping en Charles William James Keeping ja チャールズ・キーピング ko 찰스 키핑 sv Charles William James Keeping
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
0000000114481069
VIAF cluster ID
20199331
Library of Congress authority ID
n80035885
GND ID
119196522
ADAGP artist ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
90959084
CiNii Research ID
1140845216527829760
DACS ID (2022)
012260
DACS ID (former)
5f34aea9-4fa8-e311-b4c6-000c29e811b2
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
u15911
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119196522
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Europeana entity
agent/base/69328
FAST ID
52275
Freebase ID
/m/04kpbt
Goodreads author ID
101076
ISFDB author ID
78341
IdRef ID
061729930
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119196522
LastDodo-area-ID
91781
Libris-URI
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01928367
NDL Authority ID
00445368
NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
pna2006352663
NUKAT ID
n00053951
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007271031305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200304620
National Virtual Library of India ID
249899
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069128154
Open Library ID
OL4381836A
Open Plaques subject ID
1193
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100032263
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
150264
SELIBR ID
193152
Tate artist ID
charles-keeping-1390
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
keeping_charles
Web umenia creator ID
1572467
WikiTree person ID
Keeping-144
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/9b9a1b20-e63d-454b-84f4-8fb243254adc

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
writer, illustrator, children's writer
Award received 2
Carnegie Medal, Kate Greenaway Medal
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Charles
Has works in the collection 1
Tate
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Lambeth
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
← Winner 1
Carnegie Medal
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Summary

Charles Keeping was born on September 22, 1924[1], in Lambeth[2]. He died on May 16, 1988[3], in London[4]. He worked as a writer[5], illustrator[6], and children's writer[7].

FAQs

Where was Charles Keeping born?

Charles Keeping's place of birth was Lambeth[2].

Where did Charles Keeping die?

Charles Keeping passed away in London[4].

What did Charles Keeping do for work?

Charles Keeping worked as a writer[5], illustrator[6], and children's writer[7].

What awards did Charles Keeping receive?

Honors received include Kate Greenaway Medal[10] and Carnegie Medal[11].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Google Books. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . openplaques.org. openplaques.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . DACS register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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    Notable work → The God Beneath the Sea
    Given name → Charles
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
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