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Carl Meinhof

German linguist (1857-1944)
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Carl Meinhof
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Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
July 23, 1857
Date of death
February 11, 1944
Place of birth
Barzowice
Place of death
Greifswald
Country of citizenship
German Reich[13]
Occupation
linguist, politician, university teacher, theologian, philologist, Africanist, parson[14][15]
Employer
University of Hamburg[17]
Field of work
linguistics[16]
Educated at
University of Greifswald[18]
Member of political party
Nazi Party[22]
Award received
Goethe Medal for Art and Science[19]
Father
Friedrich Meinhof[10]
Mother
Clara Christiane Giesebrecht[11]
Child
Johannes Meinhof[12]
Sibling
Johannes Meinhof, Clara Henriette Maria Meinhof[33][34]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[30]
Affiliation
Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen[31]
Described by source
Hamburg Biographies, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference, Neue Deutsche Biographie[25][26][27][28][29]
Family name
Meinhof[23]
Given name
Carl[24]
Member of
Erlanger Wingolf[20]
Name in native language
Carl Meinhof[32]
🏷️ Also known as
en Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof en Carl Meinhof de Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof es Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof he קרל מיינהוף ja カール・マインホフ pl Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof pt Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof ru Карл Майнхоф ru Майнхоф, Мейнхоф Карл sv Carl Friedrich Michael Meinhof sv Meinhof zh C. 迈恩霍夫
🔖 Identifiers · 48
ISNI
0000000110714574
VIAF cluster ID
76337965
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81005256
GND ID
116864281
Angelicum ID
96913
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
carl-meinhof
Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID
25041
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120598821
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
meinhof-carl
CANTIC ID
981061295036606706
CONOR.SI ID
131640675
DDB person (GND) ID
116864281
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De Agostini ID
Meinhof,+Carl
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116864281
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1jlYio
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
548146
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Carl-Meinhof
FAST ID
66551
FES digital collections entity ID
425501
FactGrid item ID
Ernest Jones
Freebase ID
/m/01wd9
GEPRIS Historisch person ID
5107960
Geni profile ID
6000000026520934035
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Carl_Friedrich_Meinhof
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2164251
Hamburger Professorinnen- und Professorenkatalog ID
00000078
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
39926
IdRef ID
060152273
IxTheo authority ID
133399311
J9U entity ID
987007271879505171
KBR person ID
14252629
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116864281
Kallías ID
PE00284666
Kulturstiftung.org person ID
meinhof-carl
Museum-digital person/organization ID
141423
NUKAT ID
n2006114608
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000433978
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069991626
Open Library ID
OL128210A, OL2573088A
PM20 folder ID
pe/022102
Parsifal cluster ID
61703
Prabook ID
2486219
Rodovid ID
969503
SHARE Catalogue author ID
194040
Treccani ID
carl-meinhof
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/221004
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtX7973QJKr9XrCmcbrv3
Yale LUX ID
person/2348be00-df0b-4ebb-ac32-8149292ff93b

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Occupation 3
politician, linguist, university teacher
Award received 1
Goethe Medal for Art and Science
Country of citizenship 1
German Reich
Described by source 1
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Educated at 1
University of Greifswald
Employer 1
University of Hamburg
FactGrid item ID 1
Ernest Jones
Field of work 1
linguistics
Given name 1
Carl
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of political party 1
Nazi Party
Place of birth 1
Barzowice
Place of death 1
Greifswald
Sex or gender 1
male
← Signatory 1
Vow of Allegiance of the Professors of German Universities and Institutions of Higher Learning to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist State
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Summary

Carl Meinhof was born on July 23, 1857[1], in Barzowice[2]. He died on February 11, 1944[3], in Greifswald[4]. He worked as a linguist[5], politician[6], university teacher[7], theologian[8], and philologist[9].

FAQs

Where was Carl Meinhof born?

Carl Meinhof was born in Barzowice[2].

Where did Carl Meinhof die?

Carl Meinhof passed away in Greifswald[4].

Who were Carl Meinhof's parents?

Carl Meinhof's father was Friedrich Meinhof[10]. Carl Meinhof's mother was Clara Christiane Giesebrecht[11].

What did Carl Meinhof do for work?

Carl Meinhof worked as a linguist[5], politician[6], university teacher[7], theologian[8], and philologist[9].

Where did Carl Meinhof go to school?

Carl Meinhof was educated at University of Greifswald[18].

What awards did Carl Meinhof receive?

Honors received include Goethe Medal for Art and Science[19].

Related Entities

linguistics

References

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  1. [2] ↑ . bbkl.de. bbkl.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . bbkl.de. bbkl.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Nazi Party Membership Database Lookup (Spiegel). wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . bbkl.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . bbkl.de. bbkl.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . digi-hub.de. digi-hub.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Described by source → Hamburg Biographies, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +2
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    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1jlYio
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    FES digital collections entity ID → 425501
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    Occupation → linguist, politician, university teacher +4
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