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Adolphus William Ward
Sign in to saveAlso known as A. W. Ward, A. W. W., Adolphus Ward, Sir Adolphus Ward, Sir Adolphus William Ward
British historian (1837-1924)
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Vinony's link graph records 364 inbound references to Adolphus William Ward, and connects out to Royal Historical Society, George Walter Prothero and Germany.
It is catalogued under topics including 1837 births, 1924 deaths and 19th-century English historians.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1837
- Died
- 1924
- Works
- 182
Top works
- Chaucer
- The counter-reformation
- The Reformation
- Dickens
- A history of English dramatic literature to the death of Queen Anne
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1766
- Active to
- 1826-12-21
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Ward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Hampstead
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- barrister
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- Peterhouse
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Image
- Sir Adolphus William Ward NPG.jpg
- Work location
- Cambridge
- Significant event
- call to the bar
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- Commons category
- Adolphus William Ward
- date of birth
- 1837-12-02
- date of death
- 1924-06-19
- Commons Creator page
- Adolphus William Ward
- contributed to creative work
- Dictionary of National Biography
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Sir
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Adolphus William Ward, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Connections
Royal Historical Society
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George Walter Prothero
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Germany
Country
Austria
Country
London
City
history
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Charles Dickens
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Middle Ages
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Manchester
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Hanover
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Wikisource
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University of Oxford
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Thirty Years' War
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University of Cambridge
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Alexander Pope
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public domain
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International Standard Serial Number
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Arthur Balfour
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Internet Archive
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Categories
1837 births1924 deaths19th-century English historians19th-century English male writers20th-century English historiansAcademics of the Victoria University of ManchesterAlumni of Peterhouse, CambridgeChaucer scholarsChetham SocietyEnglish male non-fiction writersFellows of Peterhouse, CambridgeFellows of the British AcademyFellows of the Royal Historical SocietyKnights BachelorManchester Literary and Philosophical SocietyMasters of Peterhouse, CambridgePresidents of the British AcademyPresidents of the Royal Historical SocietyVice-chancellors of the University of CambridgeVice-chancellors of the Victoria University of Manchester