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John Gilbert

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American actor and film director (1899–1936)

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John Gilbert was a male person from England, recognized as a violinist with 107 listeners and a playcount of 746 on Last.fm. He is also listed in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. His work period began in 1915.

There are conflicting records for his birth, citing 1897, 1899, or 1817. He died on January 9, 1936, or in 1897. He had two children. He is referenced by 293 other encyclopedia articles.

He is associated with five works in Crossref and twenty works in Open Library. His notable works include *Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and fairy tales*, *Little Lily's picture book*, *The book of Job*, *The Favourite picture-book*, and *Poems of William Wordsworth*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1817
Died
1897
Works
20

Top works

  • Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and fairy tales
  • Little Lily's picture book
  • The book of Job
  • The Favourite picture-book
  • Poems of William Wordsworth

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
England
Active from
1836-11-18
Active to
1911-05-29

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
107
Total plays
746

Tags

violin

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Gilbert">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · John Gilbert

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,615x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,656x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,917x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,587x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,134x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born
John Cecil Pringle , ( 1897-07-10 ) July 10, 1897, Logan, Utah , U.S.
Died
January 9, 1936 (1936-01-09) (aged 38), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Glendale, California , U.S.
Other name
Jack Gilbert
Education
Hitchcock Military Academy
Occupations
Actor director screenwriter
Years active
1914–1934

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle; July 10, 1897 – January 9, 1936) was an American actor, screenwriter and director. He rose to fame during the silent era and became a popular leading man known as "The Great Lover". His breakthrough came in 1925 with his starring roles in The Merry Widow and The Big Parade. At the height of his career, Gilbert rivaled Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Gilbert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.