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Thomas Coryat

English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age
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Thomas Coryat
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Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
1577
Date of death
December 1, 1617
Place of birth
Odcombe
Place of death
Surat
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of England[10]
Occupation
writer, explorer, traveler
Educated at
Winchester College[11]
Notable work
Coryat's Crudities[12]
Father
George Coryate[9]
Cause of death
dysentery[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired, copyrights on works have expired[23]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (1908-1930)[18][19][20][21]
Family name
Coryat[15]
Given name
Thomas[16]
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
Place of burial
Thomas Coryat's Tomb[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas Coriate en Thomas Coryat en Thomas Coryate de Coryat de Coryate de Thomas Coryate fr Thomas Coryat he תומס קוריאט ja トーマス・コリャット pl Thomas Coryate ru Кориат, Томас ru Томас Кориат zh 托马斯·科里亚特
🔖 Identifiers · 48
ISNI
0000000083393276
VIAF cluster ID
12375117
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr91027248
GND ID
120640287
BHCL UUID
06f05408-5d44-4c00-83a8-5ea78215b46d
BIBSYS ID
5083791
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
CoryateThomasapproximately1577-1617
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12306914k
British Museum person or institution ID
134844
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01337321
DBNL author ID
cory001
DDB person (GND) ID
120640287
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
120640287
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
120640287
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
7806a35a-8a28-400d-9f28-bf1e6f2ba74e
FAST ID
1814021
FES digital collections entity ID
436607
Fandom article ID
pennyspoetry:Thomas_Coryate
Freebase ID
/m/04b7bd
Goodreads author ID
17992035
Grove Art Online ID
T019690
IdRef ID
031947336
J9U entity ID
987007394318105171
LibraryThing author ID
coryatethomas
NLA Trove people ID
1026399
NUKAT ID
n2012110676
National Library of Wales Authority ID
coryat-tom-1577-1617
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp57210
National Virtual Library of India ID
776863, 776867
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
091178150
Online Books Page author ID
Coryate, Thomas, approximately 1577-1617
Open Library ID
OL1740564A
OpenMLOL author ID
418966
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
6364
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095641161
Persons of Indian Studies ID
1365
SBN author ID
RAVV052733, RMRV173805
SEARCH on line catalogue ID
10333
SNAC ARK ID
w6pk3ck6
SNARC ID
Saint Giles
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon ID
10002858
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
1030
Union List of Artist Names ID
500316202
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10087224
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/8638
Wellcome Collection concept ID
ez78f2hz
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwCYCcM8vVdKfqyfqvGpP
Yale LUX ID
person/4d228acb-0ab1-4306-8339-5f1ddb2fa76e

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Everipedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Occupation 2
writer, explorer
Cause of death 1
dysentery
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of England
Educated at 1
Winchester College
Given name 1
Thomas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Odcombe
Place of death 1
Surat
SNARC ID 1
Saint Giles
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Thomas Coryat was born on 1577[1] in Odcombe[2]. He died on December 1, 1617[3], in Surat[4]. He worked as a writer[5], explorer[6], and traveler[7].

FAQs

Where was Thomas Coryat born?

Thomas Coryat was born in Odcombe[2].

Where did Thomas Coryat die?

Thomas Coryat passed away in Surat[4].

Who were Thomas Coryat's parents?

Thomas Coryat's father was George Coryate[9].

What did Thomas Coryat do for work?

Thomas Coryat worked as a writer[5], explorer[6], and traveler[7].

Where did Thomas Coryat go to school?

Thomas Coryat was educated at Winchester College[11].

Related Entities

Kingdom of England Saint Giles

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62824: add P1810 to P396"
  2. 11d ago · Qyayoor · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → RAVV052733, RMRV173805
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: RMRV173805, batch #292920"
  3. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 120640287
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 120640287, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  4. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 436607
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 436607, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  5. 22w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, explorer, traveler
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #35182: add P1810 to P8034"
  6. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Father → George Coryate
    Country of citizenship → Kingdom of England
    Place of death → Surat
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Removed claim: CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00419265, batch #257929"
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