Tan France

Tan France was a British and American fashion designer and television presenter (born 1983). He was born at Doncaster.

Also recorded as Tanveer Wasim Safdar.

Tan France in brief

Born
1983
Known for
fashion designer and television presenter
Place of birth
Doncaster
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Identity and origins

Tan France was recorded at birth as Tanveer Wasim Safdar. The authorities additionally record the heading Tanveer Wasim Safdar. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was Islam.

Catalogued works

11 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1773 to 2018.

Queer Eye. Naturally Tan. Library Ladder, dated 1782, mahogany and brass, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2011.2. Nothing is Enough, dated 2012, single-channel digital video projection, black and white, sound; edition number five of five, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2016.330. Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris: including a detailed numbered plan. Line engraving by J.E. Thierry after E. Poulet Galimard, 1812., dated 1812, held by Wellcome Collection. An essay by Fiona Tan / by Fiona Tan., dated [2018], held by Wellcome Collection. Woman's surgeon : the life story of J. Marion Sims... / with the collaboration of Frances Williams Browin., dated 1950, held by Wellcome Collection. Modo de remediar el abuso que hay en las amputaciones de los miembros: en el qual se manifiesta con observaciones prácticas las ligereza con que hasta ahora se ha tratado una operacion tan séria. Escrita en aleman por Mr. Vilguer [sic] ... traducida al frances por Mr. Tissot / y al español por Don Josef de la Vega ... Sin las notas de Mr. Tissot., dated 1773, held by Wellcome Collection. Robin Tanner & The Old Stile Press : being printed examples of twenty original patterned paper designs / with a personal memoir by Nicolas McDowall., dated 1994, held by Wellcome Collection. On the management of labour in contracted pelvis : an inaugural thesis, for which a first prize was awarded by the Minister of Public Instruction of France / by William H. Jones., dated 1867, held by Wellcome Collection. Specification of William Jean Jules Varillat : obtaining extracts, &c. from vegetable substances., dated 1856, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 12 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1782Library Ladder (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  2. 1812Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris: including a detailed numbered plan. Line engraving by J.E. Thierry after E. Poulet Galimard, 1812. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1983Tan France born at Doncaster.
  4. 2012Nothing is Enough (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 2018An essay by Fiona Tan / by Fiona Tan. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Tan France (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for TAN, Rue Paul Sabatier, Zone industrielle Saint-Liguaire, Pied de Fond, Clou-Bouchet, Niort, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France métropolitaine, 79000, France

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Tan France.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  4. 4.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 12 works naming Tan France.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q50379407: Tan France

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  6. 6.

    “Tan France”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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