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Edward Dowden

Irish critic and poet (1843-1913)
Person human Q970472

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
May 3, 1843, 1843[10]
Date of death
April 4, 1913, 1913[11]
Place of birth
Cork
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[13]
Occupation
poet, university teacher, writer, literary historian, literary scholar
Employer
University of Oxford[14]
Educated at
Trinity College, Dublin[15]
Award received
Cunningham Medal, Taylorian Lecture[17][18]
Notable work
Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art[16]
Child
Hester Dowden[12]
Sibling
John Dowden[35]
Genre
poetry[20]
Nominated for
Nobel Prize in Literature[31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[32]
Contributed to creative work
Dictionary of National Biography[36]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, third supplement, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Family name
Dowden[21]
Given name
Edward[22]
Has works in the collection
Tate
Interested in
English studies[34]
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Name in native language
Edward Dowden[33]
P14611
176029
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Edward Dowden he אדוארד דאודן ja エドワード・ダウデン ru Эдвард Дауден ru Эдуард Доуден zh 爱德华·道登
🔖 Identifiers · 76
ISNI
0000000108767917
VIAF cluster ID
19801516
Library of Congress authority ID
n79081369
GND ID
118672371
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Edward Dowden.png ↗
Academy of Athens authority ID
12039
Alvin ID
alvin-person:15731
American Academy in Rome ID
12414742
Angelicum ID
20995
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
dowden-edward-1843-1913-critic-and-poet
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/93693
Az.lib.ru author ID
d/dauden_e
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12686529p
CANTIC ID
981058617302806706
CONOR.SR ID
53662217
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11157976
CiNii Research ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118672371
Dictionary of Irish Biography ID
009245
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Edward-Dowden
FAST ID
39547
Find a Grave memorial ID
137792692
Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
116571
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Edward_Dowden
Harper's tag
edward-dowden
IdRef ID
083196188
KBR person ID
14365968
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118672371
Krugosvet article (archived)
kultura_i_obrazovanie/literatura/DAUDEN_EDVARD.html
LBT person ID
EdDowde1913
Libraries Australia ID
35043429
LibriVox author ID
3637
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00250788
NDL Authority ID
00438189
NE.se ID
edward-dowden
NL CR AUT ID
xx0035556
NLA Trove people ID
810155
NUKAT ID
n2002035477
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000035417, vtls000020074
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007297487605171
National Library of Latvia ID
000287739
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BgeG;=Bl
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810568624505606
National Library of Portugal ID
183146
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1253529
National Library of Wales Authority ID
dowden-edward-1843-1913
National Virtual Library of India ID
116303, 785405
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069492816
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
2529
Obálky knih ID
xx0035556
Online Books Page author ID
Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
Open Library ID
OL18313A
OpenMLOL author ID
38578
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
32882
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095729765
Parsifal cluster ID
191910
Prabook ID
3725177
Project Gutenberg author ID
4643
RERO ID (legacy)
A003189341
Ricorso author ID
d/Dowden_E/life
SBN author ID
SBLV197206
SHARE Catalogue author ID
163795
SNAC ARK ID
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SNARC ID
Wikidata item
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
50326
Tate artist ID
edward-dowden-19642
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1305
UK National Archives ID
F66487
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058617302806706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12159089
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/314489
Wellcome Collection concept ID
cwn2ztbr
WikiTree person ID
Dowden-661
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/c4051383-890a-46f7-8cec-cd62f69d83dc

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Occupation 3
writer, poet, university teacher
Award received 2
Cunningham Medal, Taylorian Lecture
Contributed to creative work 1
Dictionary of National Biography
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Educated at 1
Trinity College, Dublin
Employer 1
University of Oxford
Family name 1
Dowden
Genre 1
poetry
Given name 1
Edward
Has works in the collection 1
Tate
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
English studies
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Nominated for 1
Nobel Prize in Literature
Place of birth 1
Cork
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Edward Dowden was born on May 3, 1843[1], in Cork[2]. He died on April 4, 1913[3], in London[4]. He worked as a poet[5], university teacher[6], writer[7], literary historian[8], and literary scholar[9].

FAQs

Where was Edward Dowden born?

Edward Dowden was born in Cork[2].

Where did Edward Dowden die?

Edward Dowden passed away in London[4].

What did Edward Dowden do for work?

Edward Dowden worked as a poet[5], university teacher[6], writer[7], literary historian[8], and literary scholar[9].

Where did Edward Dowden go to school?

Edward Dowden was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[15].

What awards did Edward Dowden receive?

Honors received include Cunningham Medal[17] and Taylorian Lecture[18].

Related Entities

Cork English studies London poetry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [11] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Dowden, Edward. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . nobelprize.org. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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