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Eric Bransby Williams

British actor (1900-1994)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ5386177 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eric Bransby Williams (18 March 1900 – 22 June 1994) was a British actor.

In 1923 he toured the United Kingdom as the Priest in a production of Hamlet with his father Bransby Williams in the title role.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Eric Bransby Williams” as british actor (1900-1994). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 1994, 1923—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900-03-18. The account is most persuasive where Eric, Bransby and Williams can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as british actor (1900-1994). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5386177. VIAF identifies the subject as 24227048. The Library of Congress control number is no98132972. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1900, 1994 and 1923.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Eric Bransby Williams” 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.