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George R. Nelson

set decorator (1927-1992)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ1508118 ↗
Source-derived summary

George R. Nelson (May 22, 1927 – August 25, 1992) was an American set decorator. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for three more in the category Best Art Direction.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “George R. Nelson” is set decorator (1927-1992). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through George, Nelson and decorator, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1927, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1927-05-22. For this dossier, George, Nelson and decorator is the immediate research focus.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1508118. VIAF identifies the subject as 63738975. The Library of Congress control number is no2005033043. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1927 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “George R. Nelson” 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.