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George A. Soper

U.S. sanitation engineer, discoverer of Typhoid Mary
Person human Q5544694

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1870, February 2, 1870[6]
Date of death
June 17, 1948
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
The Hamptons
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
engineer
Field of work
public health, engineering[9][10]
Educated at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science[11][12]
Different from
George Soper[16]
Family name
Soper[14]
Given name
George[15]
Place of burial
Green-Wood Cemetery[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Soper G. A. en Soper GA en G A Soper en G. A. Soper en GA Soper en George Albert Soper en George Albert Soper II en George A Soper en George A. Soper en George Soper en G Soper en G. Soper en Soper en Soper G en Soper G. de George Albert Soper de George Soper id George Albert Soper II ja ジョージ・ソーパー ru Джордж Сопер
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000082277759
VIAF cluster ID
48870138
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no99089677
GND ID
1286297141
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
George Soper.jpg ↗
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/83346
BHL creator ID
199550
Central Library of Volos authority ID
15708
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/George-Soper
Find a Grave memorial ID
110265766
Freebase ID
/m/02rmw2y
IdRef ID
204787769
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J9U entity ID
987007428832605171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
18053145X
Open Library ID
OL2406737A
OpenMLOL author ID
448582
Prabook ID
2298994
SBN author ID
SNTV004607
SNAC ARK ID
w6ht4vhb
Wellcome Collection concept ID
npwr94dj
WikiTree person ID
Soper-2713
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJymyYhrPBCkxwfxJbj9jC
Yale LUX ID
person/f78c38a1-3d3b-4231-9385-8b3d5f27cc48

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 2
engineering, public health
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Given name 1
George
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
engineer
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of burial 1
Green-Wood Cemetery
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

George A. Soper was born on January 1, 1870[1], in New York City[2]. He died on June 17, 1948[3], in The Hamptons[4]. He worked as an engineer[5].

FAQs

Where was George A. Soper born?

George A. Soper was born in New York City[2].

Where did George A. Soper die?

George A. Soper passed away in The Hamptons[4].

What did George A. Soper do for work?

George A. Soper worked as an engineer[5].

Where did George A. Soper go to school?

George A. Soper was educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[11] and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science[12].

Related Entities

engineering New York City public health United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60914: add P1810 to P396"
  2. 4w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → SNTV004607
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: SNTV004607, batch #289737"
  3. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1870-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1870-02-02T00:00:00Z
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57227: Import and prefer more precise dates from dewiki"
  4. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → The Hamptons
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56925: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → George
    Field of work → public health, engineering
    Family name → Soper
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32117: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
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