Sydney Carter

British musician and poet (1915–2004)
Person human Q3364329
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Sydney Carter

Summary

Sydney Carter is a human[1]. He was born on May 6, 1915[2]. He died on March 13, 2004[3]. He worked as a paramedic[4], songwriter[5], and poet[6]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month, #7,224 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Sydney Carter was born on May 6, 1915[2].
  • Sydney Carter died on March 13, 2004[3].
  • Sydney Carter is buried at West Norwood Cemetery[8].
  • Sydney Carter held citizenship in United Kingdom[9].
  • Sydney Carter held citizenship in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[10].
  • Sydney Carter worked as a paramedic[4].
  • Sydney Carter worked as a songwriter[5].
  • Sydney Carter worked as a poet[6].
  • Sydney Carter was educated at Christ's Hospital[11].
  • Sydney Carter is recorded as male[12].
  • Sydney Carter's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Sydney Carter's family name is recorded as Carter[14].
  • Sydney Carter's given name is recorded as Sydney[15].
  • Sydney Carter's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[16].
  • Sydney Carter's different from is recorded as Sydney Carter[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[18]

  • Country: GB[19]

  • Began / founded: 1915-05-06[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2004-03-13[21]

  • Genre(s): folk[22]

  • Community tags: folk, poet, songwriter[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2dda46b1-145b-4daf-8e3e-656cfab45b5d[24]

Body

Origins and Family

Sydney Carter was born on May 6, 1915[2].

Education

Sydney Carter was educated at Christ's Hospital[11].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include paramedic[4], songwriter[5], and poet[6].

Death and Burial

Sydney Carter died on March 13, 2004[3]. He is buried at West Norwood Cemetery[8].

Why It Matters

Sydney Carter ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month, #7,224 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

FAQs

What did Sydney Carter do for work?

Sydney Carter worked as paramedic[4], songwriter[5], and poet[6].

Where did Sydney Carter go to school?

Sydney Carter was educated at Christ's Hospital[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name Sydney
    Country of citizenship United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    Instance of
    Family name Carter
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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