| LC control no. | n 80060393 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6037.E72 PS8537.E78 CaOONL |
| Personal name heading | Service, Robert W. (Robert William), 1874-1958 |
| Variant(s) | Service, Robert William, 1874-1958 Service, Robert W., 1874-1958 Service, Robert (Robert William), 1874-1958 Service, R. W. (Robert William), 1874-1958 Bard of the Yukon, 1874-1958 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland Canada |
| Birth date | 1874-01-16 |
| Death date | 1958-09-11 |
| Place of birth | Preston (Lancashire, England) |
| Place of death | Lancieux (France) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Fiction Banks and banking |
| Affiliation | Hillhead High School (Glasgow, Scotland) Commercial Bank of Scotland |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Novelists |
| Found in | His The spell of the Yukon ... 1907. Robert Service, 2020: LAC CIP application (born in England) Canadiana, January 15, 2020 (heading: Service, Robert W., 1874-1958; variants: Service, Robert W. (Robert William), 1874-1958; Service, Robert William, 1874-1958; Service, Robert, 1874-1958; poet; novelist; born January 16, 1874; died at Lancieux, France, September 11, 1958; educated in Scotland; immigrated to Canada in 1894) Encyclopeaedia Brittanica website, viewed on January 15, 2020: Robert W. Service (born in Preston, Lancashire, England) <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-W-Service> Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 4, 2024: Robert W. Service (Robert William Service (16 January 1874 - 11 September 1958) was a Scottish-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon". He attended Glasgow's Hillhead High School. After leaving school, Service joined the Commercial Bank of Scotland which would later become the Royal Bank of Scotland. He was writing at this time and reportedly already "selling his verses.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Service> |
| National bib agency no. | 0002B3084E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 50004711 |
| Quality code | nlc |
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