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Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1818-1880

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85184112

Variants

Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880
Norton I, Emperor, 1818-1880
Emperor Norton, 1818-1880

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n85184112

Identifies RWO

https://isni.org/isni/0000000028224445

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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++85184112#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Emperor Norton Label from public data source Wikidata
Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1818-1880

Earlier Established Forms

Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880

Sources

found: Drury, W. Norton the First, 1986:CIP t.p. (Norton the First) galley (Joshua Norton; an Englishman who came to America during Calif. Gold Rush of 1849)

found: LC data base, 11/6/85(hdg.: Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880)

found: Drury, W. Norton I, Emperor of the United States, 1986

found: Dressler, A. Emperor Norton : life and experience of a notable character in San Francisco, 1849-1880, 1927

found: Emperor Norton Trust website, viewed Mar. 2, 2020:Blog post: Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 (citations from from Emperor Norton: The Mad Monarch of America (1939) and Norton I: Emperor of the United States (1986) indicate his birth year was 1818; manifest from ship that conveyed the family to California in 1820 states that Joshua Abraham was two years old; family genealogists consider his birth year 1818; possible circumcision record indicates probable birth date of Feb. 4, 1818)

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Change Notes

1985-11-08: new
2020-03-03: revised

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