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John William De Forest

Military officer, novelist
Person human Q175205
John William De Forest
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Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
May 31, 1826, 1826[10]
Date of death
July 17, 1906, 1906[11]
Place of birth
Seymour
Place of death
New Haven
Country of citizenship
United States[13]
Occupation
poet, historian, novelist, writer, military personnel
Notable work
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[25]
Allegiance
United States[21]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Library of the World's Best Literature[22][23][24]
Given name
John[20]
Military branch
United States Army[16]
Military, police or special rank
major, soldier[17][18]
P14541
1IGpTK[26]
Participated in conflict
American Civil War[19]
Place of burial
Grove Street Cemetery[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en John William De Forest ar جون وليم دي فورست ru Де Форест, Джон ru Джон Де Форест ru Джон Уильям Де Форест zh J.W. 德·弗瑞斯特
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000083732418
VIAF cluster ID
37275694
Library of Congress authority ID
n50045745
GND ID
118679155
American National Biography ID
1600438
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/66774
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135577990
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
de-forest-john-william
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02033748
CONOR.SI ID
274789731
DDB person (GND) ID
118679155
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
42830
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/John-William-DeForest
FAST ID
15728
FactGrid item ID
éclair
Find a Grave memorial ID
11377929
Freebase ID
/m/08n8yd
GeneaStar person ID
deforestj
Goodreads author ID
1685462
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
John_William_DeForest
Harper's tag
john-william-de-forest
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
14205
ISFDB author ID
92277
IdRef ID
052488381
KBR person ID
13910355
NE.se ID
john-w-de-forest
NUKAT ID
n2011149565
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000293448
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007307378705171
National Virtual Library of India ID
111783
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070426554
Online Books Page author ID
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906
Open Library ID
OL124072A
OpenMLOL author ID
38453
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095707245
Prabook ID
1080549
Project Gutenberg author ID
4323
SHARE Catalogue author ID
196330
SNAC ARK ID
w6w38cmk
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1179
Treccani ID
de-forest-john-william
WikiTree person ID
De_Forest-642
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvtf6dhYckKd6kvDQMVmd
Yale LUX ID
person/f12960d3-8d34-4c43-a6c9-0bb3c39f5c73

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, poet, historian, military personnel, novelist
Military, police or special rank 2
soldier, major
Allegiance 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
FactGrid item ID 1
éclair
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Military branch 1
United States Army
Participated in conflict 1
American Civil War
Place of birth 1
Seymour
Place of death 1
New Haven
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John William De Forest was born on May 31, 1826[1], in Seymour[2]. He died on July 17, 1906[3], in New Haven[4]. He worked as a poet[5], historian[6], novelist[7], writer[8], and military personnel[9].

FAQs

Where was John William De Forest born?

John William De Forest's place of birth was Seymour[2].

Where did John William De Forest die?

John William De Forest died in New Haven[4].

What did John William De Forest do for work?

John William De Forest worked as a poet[5], historian[6], novelist[7], writer[8], and military personnel[9].

Related Entities

United States

References

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [11] ↑ . Library of the World's Best Literature. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . zgbk.com. zgbk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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