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James Bruce

Scottish explorer and botanist (1730–1794)
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James Bruce
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Facts

26 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
December 14, 1730
Date of death
April 27, 1794
Place of birth
Stirling, Stirling[10]
Place of death
Stirling
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Great Britain[14]
Occupation
explorer, archaeologist, botanist, astronomer, ornithologist, linguist, cartographer, historian, geographer[15][16][17][18]
Field of work
botany[19]
Educated at
University of Edinburgh, Harrow School[20][21]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society[23]
Notable work
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile[22]
Father
David Bruce[11]
Mother
Marion Graham[12]
Spouse
Mary Dundas[13]
Work location
Edinburgh[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[35]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference[29][30][31][32][33][34]
Family name
Bruce[26]
Given name
James[27]
Has works in the collection
Yale Center for British Art
Member of
Royal Society of London[24]
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On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en James Bruce en Abyssinian Bruce en James Bruce of Kinnaird ar James Bruce ar جيمس بروس cs James Bruce of Kinnaird de James Bruce of Kinnaird es James Bruce de Kinnaird es Bruce fa جیمز بروس fr Bruce he ג'יימס ברוס it Bruce ja ジェームズ・ブルース ja ジェイムズ・ブルース ko 제임스 브루스 nl James Bruce nl James Bruce (ontdekkingsreiziger) ru Bruce ru Брюс, Джеймс
🔖 Identifiers · 101
ISNI
0000000108564108
VIAF cluster ID
32094803
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50043379
GND ID
117636258
A World Made by Travel person ID
656
Alvin ID
alvin-person:18249
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/86222
Art UK artist ID
bruce-james-17301794
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
james-bruce
BHL creator ID
21818
BIBSYS ID
1062610
Babelio author ID
92136
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Beta maṣāḥǝft ID
PRS2916Bruce
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124620972
Botanist author abbreviation
Bruce
Bridgeman artist ID
27347
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
bruce-james
CANTIC ID
981060175830906706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01345056
CONOR.SI ID
95989603
CiNii Research ID
1140282266592332416
DDB person (GND) ID
117636258
Darwin Correspondence ID
685
De Agostini ID
Bruce,+James
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
117636258
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
105260
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
117636258
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
7e1df3d4-0329-42b6-8cc6-be85d910ce1e
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
90512
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/James-Bruce
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
james-bruce
Entomologists of the World ID
20409
FAST ID
14954
FES digital collections entity ID
393098
FINA Wiki ID
8856
FactGrid item ID
Elizabeth Jagiellon
Freebase ID
/m/03rm2_
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004084169707141
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
18
Genealogics.org person ID
I00427562
Geni profile ID
6000000046608599621
Geographicus cartographer ID
brucejames
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
james-bruce
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0012484
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
James_Bruce
Harvard Index of Botanists ID
269
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/829985088684
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
9784
IPNI author ID
1204-1
IdRef ID
034531556
J9U entity ID
987007259010205171
KBR person ID
14408164
KSW person ID
100934
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
117636258
Korrespondenzen der Frühromantik person ID
12817
LBT person ID
JaBruce1794
Lex ID
James_Bruce
Libraries Australia ID
35187636
Libris-URI
khw06cn32znnml2
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
01176/eu_b_4849/b4849
Museo Galileo authority ID
29643
Museum-digital person/organization ID
36886
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04614172
NE.se ID
james-bruce
NL CR AUT ID
ola2002157550
NLA Trove people ID
857217
NUKAT ID
n2006098125
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810806621705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1619968
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp00606
National Virtual Library of India ID
264k (264k–894k, n=3)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073442585
Obálky knih ID
ola2002157550
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3881091
Open Library ID
OL1368568A
OpenMLOL author ID
137293
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
153521
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
3734
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095531748
Parsifal cluster ID
158534
Pontifical Urbaniana University ID
70694
Project Gutenberg author ID
47766
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
13770
RA Collections ID
9495
RKDartists ID
13260
Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae ID
RETE014843
Royal Academy ID
james-bruce
SELIBR ID
358713
SNAC ARK ID
w63n2p8x
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
617
The Peerage person ID
p53041.htm#i530409, p62941.htm#i629401
Topic's main category
Category:James Bruce (explorer)
Treccani ID
james-bruce
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
james-bruce
UK National Archives ID
F38981
Union List of Artist Names ID
500026129
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/151017
Wellcome Collection concept ID
hxqc4kjk
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfRFWdgbJjftMfBCGwwG3
YCBA agent ID
2521
Yale LUX ID
person/6c0da8e3-c065-4c99-8ee7-b0d15be7f896

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, BEIC Digital Library
Occupation 4
astronomer, archaeologist, explorer, botanist
Educated at 2
University of Edinburgh, Harrow School
Named after 2
brucine, Brucea
Award received 1
Fellow of the Royal Society
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Great Britain
FactGrid item ID 1
Elizabeth Jagiellon
Family name 1
Bruce
Field of work 1
botany
Given name 1
James
Has works in the collection 1
Yale Center for British Art
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Society of London
Place of birth 1
Stirling
Place of death 1
Stirling
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Edinburgh
Writing language 1
English
← Depicts 1
The Tribuna of the Uffizi
← FactGrid item ID 1
Grases
← Voice actor 1
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Summary

James Bruce was born on December 14, 1730[1], in Stirling[2]. He died on April 27, 1794[3], in Stirling[4]. He worked as an explorer[5], archaeologist[6], botanist[7], astronomer[8], and ornithologist[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for James Bruce include brucine[36], a type of chemical entity[37] and Brucea[38], a taxon[39].

Why It Matters

Entities named for James Bruce include brucine[36], a type of chemical entity[37] and Brucea[38], a taxon[39].

FAQs

Where was James Bruce born?

James Bruce was born in Stirling[2].

Where did James Bruce die?

James Bruce died in Stirling[4].

Who were James Bruce's parents?

James Bruce's father was David Bruce[11]. James Bruce's mother was Marion Graham[12].

Who was James Bruce married to?

James Bruce's spouses include Mary Dundas[13].

What did James Bruce do for work?

James Bruce worked as an explorer[5], archaeologist[6], botanist[7], astronomer[8], and ornithologist[9].

Where did James Bruce go to school?

James Bruce was educated at University of Edinburgh[20] and Harrow School[21].

What awards did James Bruce receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[23].

Related Entities

botany Kingdom of Great Britain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Stirling
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65750: Import (and prefer) more precise places from GND; delete unsourced less precise"
  2. 4d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Stirling
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65750: Import (and prefer) more precise places from GND; delete unsourced less precise"
  3. 10d ago · Bug002 · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae ID → RETE014843
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63645: RETEtoWD QS 03-11-2026 13:20"
  4. 27d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim references: Date of death: 27 April 1794, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2)"
  5. 5w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: add badge sitelink to redirect to zhwiki sitelink; see Sitelinks to redirects for details #msynbotTask10"
  6. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    A World Made by Travel person ID → 656
    "Created claim: A World Made by Travel person ID: 656, batch #261452"
  7. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pontifical Urbaniana University ID → 70694
    "Created claim: Pontifical Urbaniana University ID: 70694, batch #260288"
  8. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 117636258
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 117636258, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  9. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    KSW person ID → 100934
    "Created claim: KSW person ID: 100934, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930557898"
  10. 20w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 393098
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 393098, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  11. 24w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, BEIC Digital Library +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #33123: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P13576 is present."
  12. 25w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Darwin Correspondence ID → 685
    "Created claim: Darwin Correspondence ID: 685, batch #258229"
  13. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → explorer, archaeologist, botanist +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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