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Daniel Yergin

American author and speaker (born 1947)
Person Human Q714148

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
February 6, 1947
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
historian, economist, writer
Employer
S&P Global[8]
Educated at
Trinity College, Yale University, Beverly Hills High School, Silliman College[9][10][11][12]
Award received
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Marshall Scholarship[17][18]
Notable work
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy[14][15][16]
Spouse
Angela Stent[6]
Official website
danielyergin.com[24]
Doctoral advisor
Harry Hinsley[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[36]
Affiliation
IHS Inc., S&P Global[37][38]
Affiliation string
IHS, IHS CERA, IHS Markit, S&P Global
Family name
Yergin[21]
Given name
Daniel, Howard[22][23]
Hashtag
DanielYergin[39]
Participant in
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014, FII 6th Edition in Riyadh, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020, Global Conference 2019[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Residence
Washington, D.C.[20]
Social media followers
39k (24k–39k, n=4)
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Daniel Howard Yergin en Daniel H. Yergin en Daniel Yergin en Dan Yergin ar دانيال يرغن de Yergin fa یرگین، دانیل he דניאל ירגין ja ダニエル・ヤーギン ru Дэниел Ергин uk Деніел Єргін zh 丹尼尔·耶金 zh 丹尼爾·耶金
🔖 Identifiers · 80
ISNI
0000000108926682
VIAF cluster ID
44306844
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79129186
GND ID
170942287
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Daniel Yergin - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg ↗
Amazon author ID
B000APBBPI
Angelicum ID
60271
Apple Music artist ID
292376317
Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
90177883
Babelio author ID
258637
Bibliopoche author ID
95690
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Bing entity ID
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BookBrainz author ID
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C-SPAN person numeric ID
15914
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
danielyergin
CONOR.BG ID
20478821
CONOR.SI ID
25866083
CONOR.SR ID
3854183
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11214495
CiNii Research ID
1140845216532816256
DDB person (GND) ID
170942287
ELNET ID
a12036146
FAST ID
45457
Film.ru person ID
daniel-yergin
Freebase ID
/m/04kg6g
Geni profile ID
6000000051517102051
Goodreads author ID
19563
HAND ID
7E4D-B175-EF60-F183-6681
Harper's tag
daniel-yergin
Hoopla artist ID
1707999988
IMDb ID
nm0947593
ISFDB author ID
12652
IdRef ID
027201201
J9U entity ID
987007309395605171
JRC Names ID
13039
KBR person ID
14006397
Kinobox person ID
1127589
Libraries Australia ID
35697580
LibraryThing author ID
yergindaniel
LittleSis people ID
33654
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01303573
NDL Authority ID
00461599
NL CR AUT ID
ntk2010601953
NLA Trove people ID
1047171
NLAI ID
151655
NNDB people ID
460/000060280
NSK (VIAF) ID
000046864
NSK ID
981005674701609366
NUKAT ID
n94003719
National Library of Brazil ID
000558015
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199630766
National Library of Latvia ID
000018986
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BFE7;=ol
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810672384705606
National Library of Russia ID
770211848
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1163045
National Virtual Library of India ID
220520
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068308760
Obálky knih ID
ntk2010601953
Open Library ID
OL403185A, OL7573214A
Parsifal cluster ID
287242
Penguin Random House author ID
33948
Perlentaucher ID
daniel-yergin
Podchaser creator ID
107aNEy1VH
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1210040
Prabook ID
215951
RERO ID (legacy)
A000179453
SHARE Catalogue author ID
249139
SNAC ARK ID
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Scopus author ID
6603486180
The StoryGraph author ID
b52adfcd-b171-421d-b65e-05fc8618b50b
UOM ID
31991
Unz Review author ID
YerginDaniel
Web feed URL
danielyergin.com
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Person", "DanielYergin::28jfb"]
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpDWJxdJWQWbd7cRmc3wC
X (Twitter) username
DanielYergin
Yale LUX ID
person/db0a81bc-2800-4168-8f7e-0ec2879c5593

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 3
Yale University, Trinity College, Beverly Hills High School
Occupation 3
writer, historian, economist
Affiliation 2
S&P Global, IHS Inc.
Award received 2
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Marshall Scholarship
Given name 2
Daniel, Howard
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Harry Hinsley
Doctoral advisors 1
Harry Hinsley
Employer 1
S&P Global
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Notable work 1
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Place of birth 1
Los Angeles
Residence 1
Washington, D.C.
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Angela Stent
Spouses 1
Angela Stent
Works by author 1
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Writing language 1
English
← Board member 1
Council on Foreign Relations
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Daniel Yergin was born on February 6, 1947[1], in Los Angeles[2]. He has worked as a historian[3], economist[4], and writer[5].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Daniel Yergin include The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power[40], a written work[41].

FAQs

Where was Daniel Yergin born?

Daniel Yergin's place of birth was Los Angeles[2].

Who was Daniel Yergin married to?

Daniel Yergin's spouses include Angela Stent[6].

What did Daniel Yergin do for work?

Daniel Yergin worked as a historian[3], economist[4], and writer[5].

Where did Daniel Yergin go to school?

Daniel Yergin was educated at Trinity College[9], Yale University[10], Beverly Hills High School[11], and Silliman College[12].

What awards did Daniel Yergin receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction[17] and Marshall Scholarship[18].

Related Entities

Los Angeles S&P Global Trinity College United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Davos 2014 Participant List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Davos 2014 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Davos 2014 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . FII 6th Edition in Riyadh Program. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Davos 2013 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Davos 2015 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Davos 2016 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Davos 2017 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Davos 2018 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Davos 2019 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Davos 2022 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Davos 2020 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Global Conference 2019 - Speakers. wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . Davos 2017 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . Davos 2022 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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    Family name → Yergin
    Given name → Daniel, Howard
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