William Bennett

British flutist (1936-2022)

Person human Q590301

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: February 7, 1936
Date of death: May 11, 2022
Place of birth: London
Place of death: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[9]
Occupation: musician, music educator, flautist, editor
Employer: Royal Academy of Music^[11]
Field of work: music^[10]
Educated at: Guildhall School of Music and Drama^[12]
Award received: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Walter Willson Cobbett Medal^[14]^[15]
Genre: Baroque music, classical music^[18]^[19]
Official website: www.williambennettflute.com^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[24]
Family name: Bennett^[20]
Given name: William^[21]
Instrument: flute^[23]
Member of: London Symphony Orchestra^[16]
Name in native language: William Bennett^[25]
P14750: D07A-D6F3-E890-AE26-0481^[26]
Student: Luca Manghi^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

en William Bennett en William Ingham Brooke Bennett ar ويليام بينيت cs William I. B. Bennett cs William Bennet fa ویلیام بنت ja ウィリアム・ベネット

🔖 Identifiers · 42

ISNI: 0000000114542757
VIAF cluster ID: 105991009
Library of Congress authority ID: n82132816
GND ID: 134326253
AllMusic artist ID: mn0001614351
BIBSYS ID: 1044304
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): BennettWilliam1936-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13929267j
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10375740
Deezer artist ID: 425240
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134326253
Discogs artist ID: 836447

Show all 42 identifiers +30

FAST ID: 99903
Freebase ID: /m/01hp8z
Grove Music Online ID: 44128
IMDb ID: nm7553062
IdRef ID: 079000584
Jaxsta profile ID: 5ce1c6e4-1f97-4833-a98c-b6205314e611
KANTO ID: 000206778
Libraries Australia ID: 35711918
MusicBrainz artist ID: 03e0a0f8-3b9d-4cff-b73d-eb448b5f9300
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 65089
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000240782
NL CR AUT ID: xx0168764
NLA Trove people ID: 1053229
NUKAT ID: n2010149636
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007422694605171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000294270
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:k3d;=Bi
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810658739705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX853626
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 100969739
RERO ID (legacy): A013099555
RILM ID: 21910
SBN author ID: DDSV178462, UBOV544737
SNAC ARK ID: w68k7wn3
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 248574
Songkick artist ID: 58589
Spotify artist ID: 1BrKLZxBikUgEn6XEVZmrp
Tidal artist ID: 4194692
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJbGVG9xVPvB3jW9GjB3wC
Yale LUX ID: person/2a836cdd-a2d7-4397-985b-ca4368b32421

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections

Occupation 3

musician, flautist, music educator

Genre 2

classical music, Baroque music

Mb:teacher 2

Denis Bouriakov, Petri Alanko

Award received 1

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Employer 1

Royal Academy of Music

Family name 1

Bennett

Field of work 1

music

Given name 1

William

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

flute

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:member of band 1

Melos Ensemble

Member of 1

London Symphony Orchestra

Place of birth 1

London

Place of death 1

London

Sex or gender 1

male

← FactGrid item ID 1

Rzegocin, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

← Mb:teacher 1

Marcel Moyse

Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

William Bennett was born on February 7, 1936^[1], in London^[2]. He died on May 11, 2022^[3], in London^[4]. He worked as a musician^[5], music educator^[6], flautist^[7], and editor^[8].

FAQs

Where was William Bennett born?

William Bennett's place of birth was London^[2].

Where did William Bennett die?

William Bennett died in London^[4].

What did William Bennett do for work?

William Bennett worked as a musician^[5], music educator^[6], flautist^[7], and editor^[8].

Where did William Bennett go to school?

William Bennett was educated at Guildhall School of Music and Drama^[12].

What awards did William Bennett receive?

Honors received include Officer of the Order of the British Empire^[14] and Walter Willson Cobbett Medal^[15].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ William Bennett — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ William Bennett — place of death (P20): London. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ William Bennett — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ William Bennett — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ William Bennett — educated at (P69): Guildhall School of Music and Drama. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ William Bennett — field of work (P101): music. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ William Bennett — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-03-29. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ William Bennett — occupation (P106): music educator. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ William Bennett — occupation (P106): flautist. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-16. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ William Bennett — occupation (P106): editor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ William Bennett — employer (P108): Royal Academy of Music. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ William Bennett — genre (P136): Baroque music. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ William Bennett — genre (P136): classical music. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ William Bennett — award received (P166): Officer of the Order of the British Empire. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ William Bennett — award received (P166): Walter Willson Cobbett Medal. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ William Bennett — member of (P463): London Symphony Orchestra. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ William Bennett — date of birth (P569): February 7, 1936. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-03. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ William Bennett — date of death (P570): May 11, 2022. radiofrance.fr. radiofrance.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ William Bennett — family name (P734): Bennett. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ William Bennett — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ William Bennett — student (P802): Luca Manghi. profiles.waikato.ac.nz. profiles.waikato.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ William Bennett — official website (P856): http://www.williambennettflute.com/. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ William Bennett — instrument (P1303): flute. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ William Bennett — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ William Bennett — name in native language (P1559): William Bennett. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ William Bennett — P14750 (P14750): D07A-D6F3-E890-AE26-0481. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA

4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). William Bennett. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-bennett

MLA “William Bennett.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-bennett.

BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_william-bennett_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{William Bennett}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-bennett}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}

LLM prompt

According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): William Bennett — https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-bennett (retrieved 2026-11-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-bennett · Last refreshed: November 4, 2026

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 425240

Claims rich → —

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63225|batch #63225]]: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part2.: im"
4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 4194692

Claims rich → —

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63221|batch #63221]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part2.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
4w ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl']

Claims rich → —

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58040|batch #58040]]: add P1810 to P396"
6w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SBN author ID → DDSV178462, UBOV544737

P14750 → D07A-D6F3-E890-AE26-0481

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SBN author ID: UBOV544737, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275040|batch #275040]]"
24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of death → London

Award received → —

Official website → http://www.williambennettflute.com/

Instance of → human

+ 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32118|batch #32118]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (31)"

Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.