Francis Biddle

United States federal judge (1886-1968)

Person human Q706147

Facts

32 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[25]
Date of birth: May 19, 1886, May 9, 1886^[10]
Date of death: October 4, 1968
Place of birth: Paris
Place of death: Hyannis
Country of citizenship: France, United States^[16]^[17]
Occupation: lawyer, judge, screenwriter, politician, jurist, writer^[18]
Position held: United States Attorney General, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Solicitor General of the United States^[19]^[20]^[21]
Educated at: Harvard Law School^[22]
Member of political party: Democratic Party^[26]
Award received: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[23]
Father: Algernon Sydney Biddle^[13]
Mother: Frances Brown Biddle^[14]
Spouse: Katherine Garrison Chapin^[15]
Sibling: George Biddle^[37]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[35]
Archives at: Syracuse University Libraries^[27]
Clerked for: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Family name: Biddle^[30]
Given name: Francis, Beverley^[31]^[32]
Manner of death: natural causes^[33]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[24]

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Name in native language: Francis Biddle^[36]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject Nuremberg Trials^[38]
P14536: 1776343
P14750: C351-775C-F41E-2E9F-AAA1
Participant in: International Military Tribunal^[34]
Participated in conflict: World War I^[29]
Place of burial: Christ Church, Philadelphia, Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery^[11]^[12]
Writing language: English

🏷️ Also known as

en Francis Beverley Biddle en Francis Biddle ar فرانسيس بيدل da Francis Beverley Biddle de Francis B. Biddle de Francis Beverley Biddle de Francis Beverly Biddle de Francis A. Biddle es Francis Beverley Biddle fa فرانسیس بیدل he פרנסיס בידל it Francis Biddle ja フランシス・ビドル ko 프랜시스 비들 ko 프랜시스 베벌리 비들 nl Francis A. Biddle pl Francis B. Biddle ru Фрэнсис Биддл sv Biddle sv Francis Beverley Biddle

🔖 Identifiers · 51

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VIAF cluster ID: 41927620
Library of Congress authority ID: n79054161
GND ID: 116162120
AllMovie person ID: p315907
American Film Institute person ID: 178505
American National Biography ID: 0700022
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/88985
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12412853m
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges alpha ID: biddle-francis
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges numeric ID: 1377796
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 34186

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Center for Jewish History person ID: 118119
DDB person (GND) ID: 116162120
De Agostini ID: Biddle,+Francis
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 116162120
Dodis ID: P263
FAST ID: 35273
Film.ru person ID: francis-biddle
Filmportal ID: 87b5ad5a1d6549abafc5071e3e857f87
Find a Grave memorial ID: 14563022
Freebase ID: /m/02g4wk
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000073200229054
Goodreads author ID: 1288087
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m02g4wk
IMDb ID: nm0081144
IdRef ID: 085863548
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 116162120
Kinobox person ID: 838747
Kinopoisk person ID: 209370
Munzinger person ID: 00000001236
NUKAT ID: n2015250299
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000419463
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007279163505171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 175353824
Notable Names Database ID: 110/000054945
Online Books Page author ID: Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968
Open Library ID: OL2257148A
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 93348
PM20 folder ID: pe/001712
Political Graveyard politician ID: biddle.html#689.77.06
Prabook ID: 1075660
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 126091
SNAC ARK ID: w6q52wk6
TMDB person ID: 1029813
The First Amendment Encyclopedia ID: 1159
Treccani ID: francis-biddle
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10580791
WikiTree person ID: Biddle-1325
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwHgwh643vf7QQDM4gqcP
Yale LUX ID: person/93430f96-baea-4e3e-b497-e5b7161d0d4e

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

lawyer, politician, judge, screenwriter

Country of citizenship 2

France, United States

Given name 2

Francis, Beverley

Position held 2

United States Attorney General, Solicitor General of the United States

← Judge 2

Nuremberg trials, International Military Tribunal

← Significant person 2

Adrian S. Fisher, James Henry Rowe, Jr.

Award received 1

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Clerked for 1

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Educated at 1

Harvard Law School

Films written 1

The Magnificent Yankee

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Member of 1

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Member of political party 1

Democratic Party

Participant in 1

International Military Tribunal

Participated in conflict 1

World War I

Place of birth 1

Paris

Place of burial 1

Christ Church, Philadelphia

Place of death 1

Hyannis

Sex or gender 1

male

Sibling 1

George Biddle

Siblings 1

George Biddle

Writing language 1

English

← Characters 1

Nuremberg

← FactGrid item ID 1

Biskiv

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Summary

Francis Biddle was born on May 19, 1886^[1], in Paris^[2]. He died on October 4, 1968^[3], in Hyannis^[4]. He worked as a lawyer^[5], judge^[6], screenwriter^[7], politician^[8], and jurist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Francis Biddle born?

Francis Biddle was born in Paris^[2].

Where did Francis Biddle die?

Francis Biddle died in Hyannis^[4].

Who were Francis Biddle's parents?

Francis Biddle's father was Algernon Sydney Biddle^[13]. Francis Biddle's mother was Frances Brown Biddle^[14].

Who was Francis Biddle married to?

Francis Biddle's spouses include Katherine Garrison Chapin^[15].

What did Francis Biddle do for work?

Francis Biddle worked as a lawyer^[5], judge^[6], screenwriter^[7], politician^[8], and jurist^[9].

Where did Francis Biddle go to school?

Francis Biddle was educated at Harvard Law School^[22].

What awards did Francis Biddle receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[23].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Francis Biddle — place of birth (P19): Paris. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-15. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Francis Biddle — place of death (P20): Hyannis. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Francis Biddle — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Francis Biddle — father (P22): Algernon Sydney Biddle. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Francis Biddle — mother (P25): Frances Brown Biddle. Geni.com. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Francis Biddle — spouse (P26): Katherine Garrison Chapin. The New York Times. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Francis Biddle — country of citizenship (P27): France. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Francis Biddle — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Francis Biddle — position held (P39): United States Attorney General. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Francis Biddle — position held (P39): Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Francis Biddle — position held (P39): Solicitor General of the United States. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Francis Biddle — educated at (P69): Harvard Law School. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Francis Biddle — member of political party (P102): Democratic Party. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Francis Biddle — occupation (P106): lawyer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Francis Biddle — occupation (P106): judge. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Francis Biddle — occupation (P106): screenwriter. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Francis Biddle — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Francis Biddle — occupation (P106): jurist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Francis Biddle — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Francis Biddle — place of burial (P119): Christ Church, Philadelphia. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Francis Biddle — place of burial (P119): Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2023-04-02. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Francis Biddle — award received (P166): Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Francis Biddle — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Francis Biddle — archives at (P485): Syracuse University Libraries. library.syracuse.edu. library.syracuse.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Francis Biddle — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Francis Biddle — date of birth (P569): May 19, 1886. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Francis Biddle — date of birth (P569): May 9, 1886. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-16. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Francis Biddle — date of death (P570): October 4, 1968. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-16. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Francis Biddle — participated in conflict (P607): World War I. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Francis Biddle — family name (P734): Biddle. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Francis Biddle — given name (P735): Francis. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Francis Biddle — given name (P735): Beverley. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Francis Biddle — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Francis Biddle — participant in (P1344): International Military Tribunal. Syracuse University Libraries. library.syracuse.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Francis Biddle — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Francis Biddle — name in native language (P1559): Francis Biddle. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Francis Biddle — sibling (P3373): George Biddle. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Francis Biddle — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Wikiproject Nuremberg Trials. wikidata.org.

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