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(Q15989821)

English

Ronald Edmond Balfour

British historian, Monuments Man (1904-1945)

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instance of
human
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given name
Ronald
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date of birth
March 1904Gregorian
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The Peerage person ID
p15913.htm#i159130
occupation
historian
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member of
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program
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stated in
Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art
reference URL
https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/balfour-maj-ronald-edmond
quotation
Balfour was killed in Cleve, Germany by a shell burst while he and some other men were attempting to relocate pieces of a medieval altarpiece to safety. He was the first of two Monuments Men killed in action. Lt. Col. Sir Leonard Woolley, Adviser to the War Office on Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives, paid tribute to his countryman writing:​It is a great and unexpected blow. He was so cheerfully delighted at being at the front and was killed when actually engaged in saving some of those works of art, which he loved so much. (English)

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000357741216
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GND ID
189462515
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CWGC person ID
2036701
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Discogs artist ID
5455850
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Freebase ID
/m/0_xc6k4
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Prabook ID
1929939
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The Peerage person ID
p15913.htm#i159130
subject named as
Ronald Edmond Balfour
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retrieved
7 August 2020
 
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