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Thomas Button

Royal Navy officer and explorer
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Thomas Button
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1575, 1565[5]
Date of death
April 1, 1634, April 6, 1634[6]
Place of birth
Glamorgan
Country of citizenship
Wales, Kingdom of England[10][11]
Occupation
explorer
Father
Miles Button, of Worlton[7]
Mother
Margaret ferch Edward Lewis[8]
Child
Anne Button[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography[17][18]
Family name
Button[15]
Given name
Thomas[16]
Military branch
Royal Navy[13]
Military, police or special rank
admiral[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sir Thomas Button, of Lawrenny en Thomas Button ar توماس باتون he תומאס בוטון ru Томас Баттон zh 托马斯爵士 zh-hant 托馬斯爵士
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
2846154137636515370001
Library of Congress authority ID
no2018147212
Biblissima authority ID
Lay Low
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
sir-thomas-button
Dictionary of Canadian Biography ID
button_thomas_1
Dictionary of Irish Biography ID
001314
Dictionary of Welsh Biography ID
s-BUTT-THO-1634
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Thomas-Button
Freebase ID
/m/06hnk0
Genealogics.org person ID
I00544816
LBT person ID
ThButto1634
National Historic People ID
950
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National Library of Wales Authority ID
button-thomas-sir-c-1575-1634
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
4235
SNARC ID
Oldemiro Balói
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10001889
WikiTree person ID
Button-903
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvRYB36cfhbc7gXf38jYP

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🔗 Connections
Country of citizenship 2
Wales, Kingdom of England
Described by source 1
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Given name 1
Thomas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Military branch 1
Royal Navy
Military, police or special rank 1
admiral
Occupation 1
explorer
Place of birth 1
Glamorgan
SNARC ID 1
Oldemiro Balói
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Thomas Button was born on 1575[1] in Glamorgan[2]. He died on April 1, 1634[3]. He worked as an explorer[4].

FAQs

Where was Thomas Button born?

Thomas Button's place of birth was Glamorgan[2].

Who were Thomas Button's parents?

Thomas Button's father was Miles Button, of Worlton[7]. Thomas Button's mother was Margaret ferch Edward Lewis[8].

What did Thomas Button do for work?

Thomas Button worked as an explorer[4].

Related Entities

Kingdom of England Wales

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . WikiTree. wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . WikiTree. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mother → Margaret ferch Edward Lewis
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    Described by source → Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
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