Andrew U. Frank

Swiss-Austrian professor for geoinformation
Person human Q22959155
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Summary

Andrew U. Frank was born on February 3, 1948[1], in Bern[2]. He has worked as a geoinformatician[3], geodesist[4], and university teacher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1948[7]
  • Country of citizenship: Switzerland[8]
  • Employer: TU Wien[9]
  • Educated at: ETH Zurich[10]
  • Doctoral advisor: Rudolf Conzett[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Doctoral student: Max J. Egenhofer[13]
  • Residence: Vienna[14]
  • Family name: Frank[15]
  • Given name: Andrew[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[17]

Why It Matters

Andrew U. Frank is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

Where was Andrew U. Frank born?

Andrew U. Frank was born in Bern[2].

What did Andrew U. Frank do for work?

Andrew U. Frank worked as a geoinformatician[3], geodesist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Andrew U. Frank go to school?

Andrew U. Frank was educated at ETH Zurich[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . research-collection.ethz.ch. research-collection.ethz.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Bern
    Library of congress authority id → n91105674
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11cjkw8n_g
    Orcid id → 0000-0003-2737-9068
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