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William B. Willcox

American historian
Person human Q8004886

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
October 29, 1907
Date of death
September 15, 1985
Place of birth
Ithaca
Place of death
North Haven
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
historian
Employer
University of Michigan[7]
Educated at
Cornell University, Yale University[8][9]
Award received
John Addison Porter Prize, Bancroft Prize, Fulbright Scholarship[10][11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Family name
Willcox[14]
Given name
William[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Bradford Willcox en William B. Willcox en William Willcox ar ويليام بي. ويلكوكس
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
0000000083453777
VIAF cluster ID
89464482
Library of Congress authority ID
n80113005
GND ID
1145585590
Academic Tree ID
110793
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
126767020
FAST ID
1800341
Freebase ID
/m/05xhh_l
IdRef ID
028431677
KBR person ID
14663049
NL CR AUT ID
jx20061031017
NLA Trove people ID
1282721
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NUKAT ID
n94003767
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007276780005171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072653647
Open Library ID
OL594343A
Prabook ID
626819, 1747960
UOM ID
83956
Wellcome Collection concept ID
v6hwudcs
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkHp8F3F6FDtRmBf886Kd
Yale LUX ID
person/e1601558-0a14-427f-b6eb-2f2c1064e05a

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Summary

William B. Willcox was born on October 29, 1907[1], in Ithaca[2]. He died on September 15, 1985[3], in North Haven[4]. He worked as a historian[5].

FAQs

Where was William B. Willcox born?

William B. Willcox's place of birth was Ithaca[2].

Where did William B. Willcox die?

William B. Willcox passed away in North Haven[4].

What did William B. Willcox do for work?

William B. Willcox worked as a historian[5].

Where did William B. Willcox go to school?

William B. Willcox was educated at Cornell University[8] and Yale University[9].

What awards did William B. Willcox receive?

Honors received include John Addison Porter Prize[10], Bancroft Prize[11], and Fulbright Scholarship[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . library.columbia.edu. library.columbia.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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