J. Arthur Rank

E207449

businessperson film producer human industrialist

J. Arthur Rank was a prominent British industrialist and film producer who became a leading figure in the UK film industry through building one of its largest studio and distribution empires in the mid-20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
J. Arthur Rank canonical	12
Joseph Arthur Rank	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ industrialist ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1888-12-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1972-03-29 ⓘ
educatedAt	Scarborough College ⓘ The Leys School ⓘ
employer	The Rank Organisation ⓘ
familyName	Rank ⓘ
founded	Denham Film Studios ⓘ Pinewood Studios ⓘ surface form: Pinewood Film Studios The Rank Organisation ⓘ
fullName	J. Arthur Rank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Joseph Arthur Rank
givenName	Arthur ⓘ Joseph ⓘ
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ flour milling industry ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Rank family ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor	building a major British film studio and distribution empire ⓘ dominating the British film industry in the mid-20th century ⓘ
notableWork	Rank Organisation cinema chain ⓘ surface form: Rank Organisation film empire The Rank Organisation ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ film producer ⓘ industrialist ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ
parent	Joseph Rank ⓘ
placeOfBirth	England ⓘ Hull ⓘ surface form: Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ Hampshire ⓘ Winchester ⓘ
positionHeld	chairman of The Rank Organisation ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
residence	Hampshire ⓘ Surrey ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
title	Baron Rank ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Rank Organisation → foundedBy → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

Rank Organisation → namedAfter → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

Pinewood Studios → foundedBy → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

The Rank Organisation → foundedBy → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

The Rank Organisation → founder → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

The Rank Organisation → keyPerson → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors → namedAfter → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors → keyPerson → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

Gongman logo → relatedTo → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

J. Arthur Rank → fullName → J. Arthur Rank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joseph Arthur Rank

Anne V. Coates → relative → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

21st Academy Awards → bestPictureProducer → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ

Emma E. Hickox → relative → J. Arthur Rank ⓘ