George Robey

Person · Open Library

Born

1869

Died

1954

Works

6

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

500

Total plays

1,479

ir George Edward Wade (20 September 1869 – 29 November 1954), better known by his stage name, George Robey, was an English music hall comedian and singer. He was known by audiences as the "Prime Minister of Mirth". Robey was born in Herne Hill, London into a middle class family. His father George was a civil engineer. He earned small fees from performing music and song at local venues, adopting the stage name "Robey" from a firm of builders, finally changing it by deed-poll. <a href="https://w

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

   · 2007 · cited 79,972x

2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

   · 1997 · cited 48,686x

3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

   · 2015 · cited 40,976x

4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

   · 2015 · cited 27,731x

5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

   · 1961 · cited 23,220x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

George

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Place of birth

Herne Hill

Place of death

Saltdean

Occupation

screenwriter

Educated at

Leipzig University

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Knight Bachelor

Genre

Shakespearean comedy

Sport

association football

Member of team

Millwall F.C.

Image

George Robey by H. Walter Barnett.jpg

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