Milman Parry

American hellenist (1902–1935)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: June 20, 1902
Date of death: December 3, 1935
Place of birth: Oakland
Place of death: Los Angeles
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: classical philologist, hellenist, philologist
Employer: Harvard University^[10]
Educated at: University of Paris, University of California, Berkeley, Oakland Technical High School^[11]^[12]^[13]
Child: Adam Parry^[8]
Cause of death: gunshot wound^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English, French^[22]^[23]
Family name: Parry^[19]
Given name: Milman^[20]
Manner of death: accidental death^[21]
Member of: Society for Classical Studies, American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[15]^[16]
Student: Albert Lord^[14]
Writing language: English^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Milman Parry fa میلمن پری ja ミルマン・パリー ru Милман Пэрри ru Милмэн Пэрри ru Пэрри, Милман ru Пэрри Милмэн ru Пэрри, Милмэн sv Parry zh 米尔曼·帕里 zh 米爾曼·帕里

🔖 Identifiers · 57

ISNI: 0000000109194196
VIAF cluster ID: 79398081
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80065545
GND ID: 118591827
American Academy in Rome ID: 12416976
American National Biography ID: 2001325
BIBSYS ID: 90507094
Babelio author ID: 219814
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13511041g
CONOR.SI ID: 60966499
CONOR.SR ID: 55726601
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11283691

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CiNii Research ID: 1140563741608327936
DDB person (GND) ID: 118591827
Database of Classical Scholars ID: 8998-parry-milman
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118591827
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Milman-Parry
FAST ID: 55487
Find a Grave memorial ID: 18519
Freebase ID: /m/01d6ld
Goodreads author ID: 89221
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2321946
IdRef ID: 050354280
IxTheo authority ID: 079385125
J9U entity ID: 987007273493305171
Kallías ID: PE00186412
Lex ID: Milman_Parry
Libraries Australia ID: 35410359
Libris-URI: 86lptfvs2p5vn54
MMB ID: 24172
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA02159100
NE.se ID: milman-parry
NLA Trove people ID: 942767
NUKAT ID: n2009703770
National Library of Greece ID: 173222
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000428834
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9812691965605606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX843208
National Virtual Library of India ID: 354445
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 07450035X
Open Library ID: OL1072723A
Parsifal cluster ID: 268135
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 118210
Prabook ID: 2079223
RERO ID (legacy): A003672196
RHE doctor ID: 1849
RILM ID: 129324
SBN author ID: SBLV120369
SELIBR ID: 314184
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 187367
SNAC ARK ID: w6544pb1
Treccani ID: parry_res-7053a52c-86d8-11dc-9a1b-0016357eee51
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 289558
Unz Review author ID: ParryMilman
WikiTree person ID: Parry-4281
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJvMwpKypt3RfKK7DCMtrq
Yale LUX ID: person/9164f9e3-8767-405b-959d-afa5fae10416

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Educated at 2

University of California, Berkeley, University of Paris

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, French

Member of 2

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society for Classical Studies

Cause of death 1

gunshot wound

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Employer 1

Harvard University

Family name 1

Parry

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

accidental death

Occupation 1

classical philologist

Place of birth 1

Oakland

Place of death 1

Los Angeles

Sex or gender 1

male

Student 1

Albert Lord

Students 1

Albert Lord

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Milman Parry was born on June 20, 1902^[1], in Oakland^[2]. He died on December 3, 1935^[3], in Los Angeles^[4]. He worked as a classical philologist^[5], hellenist^[6], and philologist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Milman Parry born?

Milman Parry was born in Oakland^[2].

Where did Milman Parry die?

Milman Parry passed away in Los Angeles^[4].

What did Milman Parry do for work?

Milman Parry worked as a classical philologist^[5], hellenist^[6], and philologist^[7].

Where did Milman Parry go to school?

Milman Parry was educated at University of Paris^[11], University of California, Berkeley^[12], and Oakland Technical High School^[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Milman Parry — place of birth (P19): Oakland. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Milman Parry — place of death (P20): Los Angeles. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Milman Parry — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-23. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Milman Parry — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Milman Parry — child (P40): Adam Parry. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Milman Parry — educated at (P69): University of Paris. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Milman Parry — educated at (P69): University of California, Berkeley. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Milman Parry — educated at (P69): Oakland Technical High School. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Milman Parry — occupation (P106): classical philologist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Milman Parry — occupation (P106): hellenist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Milman Parry — occupation (P106): philologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Milman Parry — employer (P108): Harvard University. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Milman Parry — member of (P463): Society for Classical Studies. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Milman Parry — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Sciences. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Milman Parry — cause of death (P509): gunshot wound. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Milman Parry — date of birth (P569): June 20, 1902. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Milman Parry — date of death (P570): December 3, 1935. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Milman Parry — family name (P734): Parry. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Milman Parry — given name (P735): Milman. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Milman Parry — student (P802): Albert Lord. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Milman Parry — manner of death (P1196): accidental death. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Milman Parry — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Milman Parry — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Milman Parry — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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