dean

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dean

Summary

dean is a corporate title[1]. dean draws 1,011 Wikipedia views per month (corporate_title category, ranking #6 of 52).[2]

Key Facts

  • dean's instance of is recorded as corporate title[3].
  • dean's instance of is recorded as title of authority[4].
  • dean's instance of is recorded as position[5].
  • dean is a type of academic administrator[6].
  • dean is a type of academic[7].
  • dean is a type of university teacher[8].
  • dean is a type of education manager[9].
  • dean is a type of director[10].
  • dean's Commons category is recorded as Deans[11].
  • dean's honorific prefix is recorded as spectabilis[12].
  • 907 marks the founding of dean[13].
  • dean's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Deans (academic)[14].
  • dean's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • dean's different from is recorded as Dekan[16].
  • dean's different from is recorded as Dean[17].
  • dean's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as faculty[18].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as doyenne[19].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as Dekanin[20].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as degana[21].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as דקאנית[22].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as děkanka[23].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as decana[24].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as dekanja[25].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as dekanė[26].
  • dean's female form of label is recorded as عميدة[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include corporate title[3], title of authority[4], and position[5].

History and Context

907 marks the founding of dean[13].

Why It Matters

dean draws 1,011 Wikipedia views per month (corporate_title category, ranking #6 of 52).[2] dean has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] dean is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → deans-education
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: deans-education, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919028|deans education (#289919028)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0278961-dekani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0278961-dekani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Dekan, Dean
    P14453 → dean
    Next lower rank → vice dean
    Organization directed by the office or position → faculty
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543363705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  4. 20w ago · Seav · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Honorific prefix → spectabilis
    Inception → +0907-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Different from → Dekan, Dean
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Deans"
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