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Bankes, William John, 1786-1855

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Personal name headingBankes, William John, 1786-1855
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Variant(s)Bankes, William John, d. 1855
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Birth date1786-12-11
Death date1855-04-15
Place of birthDorset (England)
Place of deathVenice (Italy)
AffiliationGreat Britain. Parliament
Profession or occupationTravelers Collectors and collecting Legislators
Found inAdventures in Egypt and Nubia, 2002: t.p. (William John Bankes, 1786-1855) p. 11 (b. Dec. 11, 1786) p. 176 (d. Apr. 15, 1855)
Library of Congress online catalog, Mar. 14, 2003 (hdg.: Bankes, William John, d. 1855; usage: William John Bankes)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, 8 April 2016 (Bankes, William John; traveller and antiquary; born 11 December 1786; owner of Kingston Lacy, Dorset; lived in Cambridge; BA Cambridge, 1808, MA 1811; elected MP for Truro, 1810; travelled the world buying treasures which now are housed in Kingston Lacy; visited Portugal, Spain, Egypt, where he amassed a collection of antiquities now at Kingston Lacy; became MP for University of Cambridge, Marlboroug and Dorset (1822-1834); died in Venice 15 April 1855)
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