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Ian Hancock

British linguist
Person human Q179599

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
August 29, 1942
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Ethnic group
Romani people in Hungary, Romanichal[7][8]
Occupation
creolist, university teacher, linguist
Employer
University of Texas at Austin[9]
Award received
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctor of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra[10][11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Described by source
RomArchive[15]
Family name
Hancock[13]
Given name
Ian[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
International Roma Day Edit-a-thon[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ian Francis Hancock en Ian Hancock ar يان هانكوك de Ian Francis Hancock el Ίαν Χάνκοκ he איאן האנקוק
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000109201835
VIAF cluster ID
84122555
Library of Congress authority ID
n80090641
GND ID
133687821
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ian Hancock in Bratislava.jpg ↗
Akadem person ID
ian-hancock
Akadem person ID (former scheme)
791
BIBSYS ID
90368752, 90107722
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12061323d
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12035475
CiNii Research ID
1140845216525616128
DDB person (GND) ID
133687821
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
28400
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_133687821
Freebase ID
/m/069xxm
IdRef ID
02886655X, 091942721
KBR person ID
14752175
Libraries Australia ID
58766847
LibraryThing author ID
hancockian-2
Libris-URI
r6lqq4s8pvr0qtzs
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02264488
NDL Authority ID
00982767
NL CR AUT ID
jo20010082229
NLP ID
a0000002310028
NUKAT ID
n2006092232
National Library of Israel ID (old)
002289745
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007447687405171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200600704
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810695171105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067787185
Obálky knih ID
jo20010082229
Prabook ID
3557564
RERO ID (legacy)
A003345274
SHARE Catalogue author ID
155656
SVKKL authority ID
p0100030-Hancock-Ian-1942
Wellcome Collection concept ID
u84ymtfp
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkxHjvYtghGTPPPCJRHYP
Yale LUX ID
person/3662188c-4f51-4221-b6ac-01a5938acb0c

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🔗 Connections
Award received 2
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctor of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
Ethnic group 2
Romani people in Hungary, Romanichal
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Employer 1
University of Texas at Austin
Given name 1
Ian
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
university teacher
Place of birth 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ian Hancock's place of birth was London[1]. He was born on August 29, 1942[2]. He worked as a creolist[3], university teacher[4], and linguist[5].

Body

Origins and Family

Ethnic identities include Romani people in Hungary[7], an ethnic group by residency[18], in Hungary[19] and Romanichal[8], an ethnic group[20].

Recognition

Awards received include Officer of the Order of the British Empire[10], a grade of an order[21], in United Kingdom[22] and honorary doctor of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra[11], an award[23], in Slovakia[24].

FAQs

Where was Ian Hancock born?

Ian Hancock's place of birth was London[1].

What did Ian Hancock do for work?

Ian Hancock worked as creolist[3], university teacher[4], and linguist[5].

What awards did Ian Hancock receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Order of the British Empire[10] and honorary doctor of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra[11].

Related Entities

London United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ukf.sk. Retrieved . ukf.sk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . herts.ac.uk. herts.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . herts.ac.uk. herts.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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. 29d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'ht', 'it', 'ka', 'mk',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57984|batch #57984]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 13w ago · Spinster300 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Libris-URI → r6lqq4s8pvr0qtzs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Libris-URI: r6lqq4s8pvr0qtzs, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
  3. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0100030-Hancock-Ian-1942
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0100030-Hancock-Ian-1942, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259654|batch #259654]]"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → —
    Place of birth → London
    Citizenship → —
    Occupation → creolist, university teacher, linguist
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31727|batch #31727]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (20)"
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