| LC control no. | nb2004007226 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stokes, Wilfrid |
| Other standard no. | 309676436 |
| Biography/History note | Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes KBE (9 April 1860 - 7 February 1927) was the inventor in 1915 of the Stokes Mortar, which saw extensive use in the latter half of the First World War and was one of the first truly portable mortars. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Stokes> |
| Associated country | United Kingdom |
| Birth date | 1860-01-01 |
| Death date | 1927-02-07 |
| Place of birth | Liverpool (England) |
| Place of death | Ruthin (Denbighshire, Wales) |
| Profession or occupation | Civil engineer Engineer Inventor |
| Found in | How to pay for the war, 1915: t.p. (Wilfrid Stokes) Wikimedia data, found via Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Stokes, February 14, 2016 (Commons category: Wilfred Stokes; instance of: human; place of birth: Liverpool; place of death: Ruthin; date of death: +1927-02-07T00:00:00Z; award received: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; sex or gender: male; occupation: civil engineer; occupation: engineer; occupation: inventor; Oxford Biography Index Number: 101036312; GND identifier: 1055246584; VIAF identifier: 309676436; date of birth: +1860-01-01T00:00:00Z; given name: Frederick; country of citizenship: United Kingdom; labels: Wilfred Stokes; ja: ウィルフレッド・ストークス; Frederick Wilfrid Scott Stokes; descriptions: britischer Ingenieur; British civil engineer; Brits civiel ingenieur ) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8001881> |
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