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John Saville

British historian (1916–2009)
Person Human Q784368

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
April 2, 1916
Date of death
June 13, 2009
Place of birth
Gainsborough, Morton[8]
Place of death
Sheffield
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
historian, economic historian, social historian
Employer
University of Hull[10]
Educated at
London School of Economics and Political Science, Royal Liberty School[11][12]
Member of political party
Communist Party of Great Britain[15]
Doctoral student
Joyce M. Bellamy[16]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[26]
Birth name
Orestis Stamatopoulos[27]
Family name
Saville, Stamatopoulos[21][22]
Given name
John, Orestis[23][24]
Manner of death
natural causes[25]
Member of
Communist Party Historians Group[13]
Military branch
British Army[17]
Military unit
Royal Artillery[28]
Military, police or special rank
Warrant officer[18]
Participated in conflict
World War II[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Orestes Stamatopoulos en Orestis Stamatopoulos en John Saville en John Stamatopoulos ar جون سافيل de Orestes Stamatopoulos ja ジョン・サヴィル ru Джон Савилль ru Савилль, Джон uk Джон Савілль
🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
107584626, 73859898
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50015646
GND ID
170375692
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hull University Economics Lecturer John Saville.gif ↗
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
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BHCL UUID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119238513
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11388448
CiNii Research ID
1140845216677496704
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
170375692
Dimensions author ID
07650313515.57
Encyclopedia of Marxism ID
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FAST ID
1735877
Freebase ID
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IdRef ID
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J9U entity ID
987007267538005171, 987013476157305171
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00879346
NSK (VIAF) ID
000437872
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810554472805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX924715
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
06785673X
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
102217
RERO ID (legacy)
A003789270
SHARE Catalogue author ID
120886
SNAC ARK ID
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UK National Archives ID
F33231
UOM ID
28478
Unz Review author ID
SavilleJohn
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/95460552-170f-4265-9558-64810db7e794

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
historian, economic historian
Place of birth 2
Gainsborough, Morton
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
London School of Economics and Political Science
Employer 1
University of Hull
Founded entities 1
New Left Review
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of 1
Communist Party Historians Group
Member of political party 1
Communist Party of Great Britain
Military branch 1
British Army
Military unit 1
Royal Artillery
Participated in conflict 1
World War II
Place of death 1
Sheffield
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Saville was born on April 2, 1916[1], in Gainsborough[2]. He died on June 13, 2009[3], in Sheffield[4]. He worked as a historian[5], economic historian[6], and social historian[7].

FAQs

Where was John Saville born?

John Saville's place of birth was Gainsborough[2].

Where did John Saville die?

John Saville passed away in Sheffield[4].

What did John Saville do for work?

John Saville worked as a historian[5], economic historian[6], and social historian[7].

Where did John Saville go to school?

John Saville was educated at London School of Economics and Political Science[11] and Royal Liberty School[12].

Related Entities

Sheffield United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . guardian.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . guardian.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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