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William Alfred Cocks

William Alfred Cocks was a watchmaker and musicologist (1892–1971).

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Identity

What the record establishes about William Alfred Cocks.

Hydraulics: a hydro-pneumatic workbench, details. Engraving by A. W. Warren after R. Cocking. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2'] is dated Nov 1896 - Jan 1899 and held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7 is dated Aug 1903 - Jul 1904 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 6 objects associated with this heading. William Alfred Cocks is recorded as watchmaker and musicologist. Open Library catalogues 1 work under this name.

The identifiers under which William Alfred Cocks may be traced in institutional catalogues.

William Alfred Cocks is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q8004298.

In public collections. Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1892William Alfred Cocks born.
  2. 1892William Alfred Cocks was born in 1892.
  3. 1896Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2'] is dated Nov 1896 - Jan 1899 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1896Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2'] (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1903Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7 is dated Aug 1903 - Jul 1904 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1903Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7 (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1971William Alfred Cocks died.
  8. 1971William Alfred Cocks died in 1971.

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.

    Cocks, Hon. Sir Arthur Alfred Clement, (27 May 1862–24 April 1943), Managing Director, Arthur Cocks & Co., Ltd, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for William Alfred Cocks (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming William Alfred Cocks.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  4. 4.

    “William Alfred Cocks”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q8004298: William Alfred Cocks

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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