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Sergeant (surname)

family name

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ16882981 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sergeant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Adeline Sergeant (1851–1904), English writer

Edward Guthlac Sergeant (1881–1961), English chess master

Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965), American journalist and writer

George Sergeant (1881–1971), American attorney and mayor of Dallas, Texas

Howard Sergeant (1914–1987), British poet and editor

Jack Sergeant (born 1995), Gibraltarian footballer

Jack Sargeant (politician) (born 1994).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sergeant (surname)” as family name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sergeant, surname and family.

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—1851, 1904, 1881, 1961—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sergeant, surname and family providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sergeant (surname)”, the useful work is to connect “family name” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16882981. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1851, 1904, 1881 and 1961.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. 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

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
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The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sergeant (surname)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sergeant (surname) primary sources, Sergeant (surname) archive and Sergeant research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Sergeant (surname)”?
  2. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Sergeant (surname)” 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.