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Geoffrey Raphael

British cricketer (1910-1986)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ28860060 ↗
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Geoffrey Lewis Raphael (10 January 1910 – 12 June 1986) was an English first-class cricketer active 1926–28 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Westminster; died in Kensington.

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The public source identifies “Geoffrey Raphael” as british cricketer (1910-1986). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Geoffrey, Raphael and British.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1910, 1986, 1926—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1910-01-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Geoffrey, Raphael 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 Jan 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q28860060. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1910, 1986 and 1926.

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This entry incorporates text from “Geoffrey Raphael” 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.