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George Davies

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ3101514 ↗
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George Davies may refer to:

George Davies (athlete) (born 1940), American pole vaulter

George Davies (baseball) (1868–1906), American major league pitcher

George Davies (cricketer) (1892–1957), Australian cricketer

George Davies (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1956), English footballer in the 1920s

George Davies (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1942), English footballer in the 1920s

George Davies (footballer, born 1916) (1916-1980), English footballer in the 1930s and 1940s, see List of Bury F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

George Davies (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2025), English footballer in the 1950s

George Davies (footballer, born 1996) (born 1996), Sierra Leonean footballer in the 2010s

George Davies (politician) (1875–1950), British Member of Parliament

George Davies (retailer) (born 1941), British fashion retailer

George Davies (rugby union) (1875–1959), Welsh international rugby player

George M. Ll.

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The public source identifies “George Davies” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around George, Davies and Wikimedia.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1940, 1868, 1906, 1892—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with George, Davies and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “George Davies”, the useful work is to connect “wikimedia disambiguation page” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3101514. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1940, 1868, 1906 and 1892.

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This entry incorporates text from “George Davies” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.