Project:Meta/person

Beyond Notability: Person of Interest

A Person of Interest is typically a women who worked in archaeology, history and/or heritage between 1870 and 1950, and who we encounter in our main archival records of interest, but it may include some men and other women whose lives are sufficiently of interest to represent more fully.

Where the data is available, the below template should act as a guide for creating new item records for a Person of Interest.

Note that in some cases - such as when a women is listed as the supporter/proposer of the election of a man to, say, the Royal Archaeological Institute (e.g. E. Jackson (Q232) - few details may be known of the person of interest.

BEFORE CREATING A NEW ITEM ALWAYS SEARCH HERE TO CHECK IF A RECORD FOR THEM EXISTS ALREADY (you may be pleasantly surprised!

Template

Employment

employer (P18) > item for employer (e.g. British School at Rome (Q25))

With possible qualifier(s):

• position held (P17) > item for generic position (e.g. academic (Q152) or Assistant Director (Q24)
• position held (free text) (P48) > text describing position
  • note: P17 and P48 can be used together, for example in the case of Eliza Jeffries Davis (Q153) where P17>Q152 and P48>"Reader in the History and Records of London, and Fellow of University College".
    • point in time (P1) > a date we know they held this position.
    • sourcing circumstances (P55) > a qualification of point in time (P1), such as circa (Q296)

Note that some employment women undertook was unpaid, such a unspecified 'lecturing' on subjects of expertise: see Emma Elizabeth Thoyts (Q329) for an example of how such activity might be captured

Election

For example for election to Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

election to SAL proposed by (P16) > name of primary proposer (e.g. Society of Antiquaries of London Council (Q27) or A H Thomas (Q155))

With possible qualifier(s):

• evidence (item) (P20) > item(s) of evidence in citation, such as a book (e.g. Roman Sculpture from Augustus to Constantine (Q26)) or scholarly article (e.g. Marcus Gheeraerts, Father and Son, Painters (Q79).
• evidence (free text) (P21) > text used in the election papers.
• point in time (P1) > a date.
• part of (P4) > the meeting to which the election was proposed, typically Council Meeting (SAL) (Q32).
• is elected (P22) > takes items elected (Q36) and not elected (Q37).
• proposed election to SAL signed by (P32) > item(s) for person(s) who signed proposed election of the subject.
  • where signatures are indecipherable, use signatory indecipherable (Q47) with note (P47) to record multiple instances (see, for example, Margerie Venables Taylor (Q133)).

Sex or Gender

sex or gender (P3) > item for sex or gender.

Note that we are aware that this needs some work and that Homosaurus can help.

Link to Wikidata entry

described at URL (P14) > full url for wikidata item for person, e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18674130.

Link to Archaeology Data Service entry

Archaeology Data Service person ID (P34) > free text identifer for person from Archaeology Data Service.

With qualifier:

• described at URL (P14) > full url to Archaeology Data Service identifer for person, e.g. https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/personDetails.xhtml?personId=40029

Residence

residence (P29) > item for town/village/city in which the person once resided, e.g. West Hoathly (Q183).

With possible qualifier(s):

• street address (P31) > free text street address.
• start time (P27) > date at which they began living at the above residence.
• end time (P28) > date at which they ceased living at the above residence.
• point in time (P1) > a date we know they lived at the above residence.
  • note that sometimes it is appropriate to give P1 as unknown (click to the left of the text box and select 'unknown value') and combine with another datetype qualifier.
    • for example, see the residence (P29) statement for Nina Frances Layard (Q60) where we know she lived at Founerean Road in 1921 and that she couldn't have lived at Founerean Road before 1899, because we know she lived at Park Place in 1899.
• sourcing circumstances (P55) > a qualification of point in time (P1), such as circa (Q296).

Qualifications

academic degree (P59) > item for qualification level, e.g. master's degree (Q359).

With possible qualifier(s):

• conferred by (P61) > item for an awarding institution, e.g. University of London (Q154). If unrecorded, record unknown value (click to the left of the text box and select 'unknown value').
• academic subject (P60) > item for a degree programme. If unrecorded, record unknown value (click to the left of the text box and select 'unknown value').
• point in time (P1) > a date we know they lived at the above residence.
  • note that sometimes it is appropriate to give P1 as unknown value (click to the left of the text box and select 'unknown value') and combine with another datetype qualifier.
  • sourcing circumstances (P55) > a qualification of point in time (P1), such as latest date (P51).

Birth and Death

Dates:

date of birth (P26) is used to record date of birth and date of death (P15) to record date of death.

Place of birth:

use place of birth (P30) like residence (P29), as described above.

Family

Various family relationships can be recorded. If you can't find a relationship you want on the list list of properties, adopt it from wikidata. Usage is as follows:

spouse (P41) > item for spouse, e.g. Christopher Hawkes (Q97).