URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141360

Fuller Name

• George Herman

Variants

• Ruth, George Herman, 1895-1948
• Pei-pi-lu-ssu, 1895-1948
• Ruth, George, 1895-1948
• Babe (Baseball player), 1895-1948
• Bambino, 1895-1948
• Colossus of Clout (Baseball player), 1895-1948
• Sultan of Swat, 1895-1948
• べーブルース, 1895-1948

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79141360

Identifies RWO

• https://d-nb.info/gnd/1050518748
• https://isni.org/isni/0000000084360580

• Birth Date

  1895-02-06

• Death Date

  1948-08-16

• Has Affiliation

  • Affiliation Start: 1914
  • Affiliation End: 1919
  • Source: http://baseballhall.org/hof/ruth-babe
  • Organization:Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)

• Has Affiliation

  • Affiliation Start: 1920
  • Affiliation End: 1934
  • Source: http://baseballhall.org/hof/ruth-babe
  • Organization:New York Yankees (Baseball team)

• Has Affiliation

  • Affiliation Start: 1935
  • Affiliation End: 1935
  • Source: http://baseballhall.org/hof/ruth-babe
  • Organization:Boston Braves (Baseball team)

• Birth Place

  Baltimore (Md.)

• Field of Activity

  Baseball




• Occupation

  baseball player

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++79141360#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Babe RuthLabel from public data source Wikidata
• Ruth, Babe, 1894-1948
• Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Earlier Established Forms

• Ruth, George Herman, 1895-1948

Sources

• found:His The Home-run king, c1920.
• found:Pei-pi-lu-ssu, 1982.
• found:Hahn, J. Babe! 1981:t.p. (George Ruth)
• found:Shaughnessy, D. The curse of the Bambino, p1992.
• found:Wikipedia WWW site, July 8, 2011:List of baseball nicknames entry (Babe Ruth: Babe, The Bambino, Sultan of Swat, or Colossus of Clout)
• found:National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum WWW site, July 8, 2011:Babe Ruth entry (George Herman Ruth; b. Feb. 6, 1895, Baltimore, Md.; d. Aug. 16, 1948, New York, N.Y., aged 53; inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 1936) -http://baseballhall.org/hof/ruth-babe

Editorial Notes

• [Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project.]
• [Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.]

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF PersonalName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1980-03-10:new
• 2023-09-19:revised

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