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Eric Denham

British sailor (1929-2015)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 25, 2023
Entity authorityQ96146740 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eric Denham (20 September 1929 – 16 March 2015) was a British sailor. He competed in the 5.5 Metre event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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The public source identifies “Eric Denham” as british sailor (1929-2015). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Eric, Denham and British.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 2015, 1964—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1929-09-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Eric, Denham and British providing the first useful test.
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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 May 25, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q96146740. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1929, 2015 and 1964.

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This entry incorporates text from “Eric Denham” 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.