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August Socin

Swiss surgeon and professor (1837-1899)
Person human Q120141

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
February 21, 1837
Date of death
January 22, 1899
Place of birth
Vevey
Place of death
Basel
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[9]
Occupation
surgeon, university teacher, hunter
Employer
University of Basel, University Hospital of Basel[13][14]
Position held
assistant physician, extraordinary professor, professor[10][11][12]
Educated at
University of Würzburg, University of Basel[15][16]
Religion or worldview
reformed[19]
Cause of death
typhoid fever[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, French[34][35]
Academic degree
Doctor of Medicine, professor[22][23]
Academic major
medicine[28]
Assessment
habilitation, Staatsexamen, matura, doctoral promotion[36][37][38][39]
Described by source
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog, Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts[31][32][33]
Family name
Socin[26]
Given name
August[27]
Manner of death
natural causes[29]
Member of
German Society of Surgery, Académie nationale de chirurgie[17][18]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Basel[30]
Participated in conflict
Third Italian War of Independence, Franco-Prussian War[24][25]
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Place of burial
Wolfgottesacker[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en August Socin de A. Socin
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
000000005533616X
VIAF cluster ID
18018080
Library of Congress authority ID
n85207146
GND ID
118761633
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
August Socin.jpg ↗
Alvin ID
alvin-person:10585
BIU Santé person ID
6991
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12294136w
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02452833
DDB person (GND) ID
118761633
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118761633
FAST ID
161928
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Freebase ID
/m/02z5ddg
HDS ID
014644
IdRef ID
031791247
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118761633
Medvik ID
nlk20000087445
NL CR AUT ID
nlk20000087445
NUKAT ID
n2011220220
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007345561105171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810701578405606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
24169292X
Obálky knih ID
nlk20000087445
Portrait Archive ID
267608
Wellcome Collection concept ID
huy99xwz
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvmPGRP9F6y4RYXG3cpT3
Yale LUX ID
person/1badf3c0-20ac-429f-a906-1f715e6ecef3

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Summary

August Socin was born on February 21, 1837[1], in Vevey[2]. He died on January 22, 1899[3], in Basel[4]. He worked as a surgeon[5], university teacher[6], and hunter[7].

FAQs

Where was August Socin born?

August Socin's place of birth was Vevey[2].

Where did August Socin die?

August Socin died in Basel[4].

What did August Socin do for work?

August Socin worked as a surgeon[5], university teacher[6], and hunter[7].

Where did August Socin go to school?

August Socin was educated at University of Würzburg[15] and University of Basel[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Socin, August. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Socin, August. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . Socin, August. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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