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William Grant Still

American composer (1895–1978)

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Data and provenance

Provider: Wikidata · Entity ID: Q1397729

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Graph membership is not truth. Each relation below is an observed typed edge the local Wikimedia graph bundle already materialized — not a corroborated, verified, or admitted claim. Bounded to 40 relations via an offset-index lookup (offset_index_binary_search), never a full scan of the bundle.Serving a published subset: joined entities + 1-hop neighborhood of 35,994 exact Wikipedia–Wikidata title matches. A subject that is not itself in that subset carries only the relations the subset recorded for it, so a small count here is the published scope and not a complete relationship inventory.

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1-hop relations (40)

Observed adjacency only. Each spoke is a typed edge already materialized in the graph, labeled by its recorded predicate — graph proximity is not support, corroboration, or admission. The links below are the accessible, no-JavaScript path to the same neighbors.

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Identity & relations (8)

→ mother (P25)Carrie Still SheppersonObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P25 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q124623463
→ spouse (P26)Verna ArveyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q7921906
→ family name (P734)StillObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P734 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q26082615
→ instance of (P31)humanObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P31 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q5
→ given name (P735)WilliamObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P735 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q12344159
→ sex or gender (P21)maleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P21 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q6581097
← spouse (P26)Verna ArveyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P26 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q7921906
← child (P40)Carrie Still SheppersonObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P40 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q124623463

Dates & events (2)

→ date of death (P570)3 December 1978Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P570 · Direction: outgoing
→ date of birth (P569)11 May 1895Observed
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P569 · Direction: outgoing

Occupation & roles (5)

→ occupation (P106)music arrangerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1643514
→ occupation (P106)conductorObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q158852
→ occupation (P106)composerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q36834
→ occupation (P106)film score composerObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1415090
→ occupation (P106)oboistObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P106 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q16003954

Notable works (4)

→ notable work (P800)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P800 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2299698
→ notable work (P800)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P800 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q5338127
← composer (P86)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P86 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q2299698
← composer (P86)Unnamed subjectObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P86 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q5338127

Places (3)

→ place of birth (P19)WoodvilleObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P19 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q2301021
→ place of death (P20)Los AngelesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P20 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q65
→ country of citizenship (P27)United StatesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P27 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q30

Organizations & affiliations (4)

→ educated at (P69)M. W. Gibbs High SchoolObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q85782788
→ educated at (P69)Wilberforce UniversityObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1730032
→ educated at (P69)Oberlin CollegeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P69 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q616591
→ member of (P463)Kappa Alpha PsiObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P463 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q16151590

Other connections (12)

→ genre (P136)operaObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P136 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1344
→ award received (P166)Guggenheim FellowshipObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q1316544
→ described by source (P1343)Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign ComposersObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1343 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q125935456
→ described by source (P1343)Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African MusiciansObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1343 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q51333926
→ cause of death (P509)heart failureObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P509 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q181754
→ Relationship name unavailable (P172)African AmericansObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P172 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q49085
→ Relationship name unavailable (P1303)oboeObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1303 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q8377
→ award received (P166)William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among NegroesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P166 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q8008250
→ genre (P136)symphonyObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P136 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q9734
→ Relationship name unavailable (P9493)Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery LibraryObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P9493 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q98665879
→ manner of death (P1196)natural causesObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P1196 · Direction: outgoing · Entity ID: Q3739104
← named after (P138)6116 StillObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P138 · Direction: incoming · Entity ID: Q553069

External identifiers (2)

→ Commons category (P373)William Grant StillObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P373 · Direction: outgoing
→ image (P18)William Grant Still by Carl Van Vechten.jpgObserved
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Provider: Wikidata · Property: P18 · Direction: outgoing

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