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William Shield

English composer, viola player and song collector
Person Human Q3568956
William Shield
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Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
March 5, 1748
Date of death
January 25, 1829
Place of birth
Swalwell
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain[9][10]
Occupation
composer, violinist, conductor
Position held
Master of the King's Music[11]
Student of
Charles Avison[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Depicted by
William Shield (1748–1829)[16]
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers[19][20][21][22][23]
Family name
Shield[13]
Given name
William[14]
Instrument
violin, viola[17][18]
Place of burial
Westminster Abbey[8]
Writing language
English[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Shield ru Вильям Шильд ru Уильям Шилд ru Шильд Вильям
🔖 Identifiers · 63
ISNI
0000000081138239
VIAF cluster ID
34644606
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82208047
GND ID
121096572
A World Made by Travel person ID
4344
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/59041
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
ShieldWilliam1748-1829
Bach digital person ID
00004791
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
138997436
British Museum person or institution ID
46135
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00426798
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe ID
A006460
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CiNii Research ID
1140845216721782912
Classical Archives composer ID
12748
DAHR artist ID
343515
DDB person (GND) ID
121096572
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
121096572
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
121096572
Discogs artist ID
1868605
Europeana entity
agent/base/147760
FAST ID
103944
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_121096572
FactGrid item ID
Adscita krymensis
Find a Grave memorial ID
83.4M (10k–83.4M, n=3)
Freebase ID
/m/01bckn
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
10689
Grove Music Online ID
25638
Hymnary author ID
Shield_William
Hyperion Records person ID
C550
IMSLP ID
Category:Shield,_William
IdRef ID
09949812X
J9U entity ID
987007272666005171
KBR person ID
14042218
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
121096572
LBT person ID
WiShiel1829
LiederNet composer ID
5732
MusicBrainz artist ID
e7a77075-f15d-4a87-8597-c1d60e029b69
Musicalics composer ID
82244
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000281208
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA11813124
NLA Trove people ID
826565
NUKAT ID
n2013136638
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000449371
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810679265705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1777761
National Library of Wales Authority ID
shield-william-1748-1829-song-by-transcript-of-nlw-ms-22153a-f-21r-v
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp04096
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
137672969
Open Library ID
OL2313883A, OL2366225A
Open Plaques subject ID
5303
OpenMLOL author ID
51975
Operone composer ID
shield
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
25401
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100501787
RISM ID
people/30004470
SBN author ID
MUSV060814, LO1V153545
SNAC ARK ID
w6gf1219
SNARC ID
Ik Onkar
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
8338
Treccani ID
william-shield
WikiTree person ID
Shield-153
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJm4VKBQ7m4QKJQ3VR3CwC
Yale LUX ID
person/ff9c1b87-1cb7-416d-8f9a-4ed659d78aa2

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🔗 Connections
Country of citizenship 2
Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instrument 2
violin, viola
Mb:composer 2
Rosina, Rosina
Occupation 2
composer, violinist
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of burial 1
Westminster Abbey
Place of death 1
London
Position held 1
Master of the King's Music
SNARC ID 1
Ik Onkar
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Charles Avison
Writing language 1
English
← Mb:teacher 1
Charles Avison
← Position holder 1
Master of the King's Music
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Summary

William Shield was born on March 5, 1748[1], in Swalwell[2]. He died on January 25, 1829[3], in London[4]. He worked as a composer[5], violinist[6], and conductor[7].

FAQs

Where was William Shield born?

William Shield's place of birth was Swalwell[2].

Where did William Shield die?

William Shield died in London[4].

What did William Shield do for work?

William Shield worked as a composer[5], violinist[6], and conductor[7].

Related Entities

Kingdom of Great Britain London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . westminster-abbey.org. westminster-abbey.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Grove Music Online. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Operone. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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.

  1. 14w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Find a Grave memorial ID → 10244, 83418351, 83417857
    "Created claim: Find a Grave memorial ID: 83418351, batch #264109"
  2. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    A World Made by Travel person ID → 4344
    "Created claim: A World Made by Travel person ID: 4344, batch #261452"
  3. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 121096572
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 121096572, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → composer, violinist, conductor
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32085: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
  5. 25w ago · Lesko987a · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name → Shield
    Described by source → Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Riemann's Music Dictionary +1
    Place of birth → Swalwell
    Writing language → English
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32150: P2949 Update Qualifiers"
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