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Elmar Holenstein

Swiss philosopher and professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Person Human Q121989

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
January 7, 1937
Place of birth
St. Gallen
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[5]
Occupation
philosopher, university teacher
Employer
Ruhr University Bochum, ETH Zurich[6][7]
Work location
Yokohama[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[12]
Family name
Holenstein[9]
Given name
Elmar[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Elmar Holenstein
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000382846642
VIAF cluster ID
266037434
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50033020
GND ID
120072955
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ETH-BIB-Holenstein, Elmar (1937-)-Portr 16597.tif ↗
Angelicum ID
12793
BDELIS ID
80689
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119076575
DDB person (GND) ID
120072955
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
120072955
FAST ID
1434288
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120z6m8v
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IdRef ID
026923696
IxTheo authority ID
080427634
J9U entity ID
987007262714005171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
120072955
Kallías ID
PE00488854
NL CR AUT ID
kup20030000039472
NLP ID
a0000002348765
NUKAT ID
n99028908
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810674909705606
National Virtual Library of India ID
420726
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068795815
Parsifal cluster ID
116762
Perlentaucher ID
elmar-holenstein
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
37905
SBN author ID
MILV040449
SHARE Catalogue author ID
142536
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwhvh44cQDdtgmqfVKGHC
Yale LUX ID
person/2c3affe9-2d46-463d-979c-f09429222395

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Summary

Elmar Holenstein was born on January 7, 1937[1], in St. Gallen[2]. He has worked as a philosopher[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Elmar Holenstein born?

Elmar Holenstein was born in St. Gallen[2].

What did Elmar Holenstein do for work?

Elmar Holenstein worked as a philosopher[3] and university teacher[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . 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. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Yokohama
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65839: Import places from GND"
  2. 10d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 0000000382846642
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63891: ISNI fix"
  3. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 0000000382846642
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63746: replace redirected ISNI with target"
  4. 27w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NLP ID → a0000002348765
    WorldCat Entities ID → E39PBJwhvh44cQDdtgmqfVKGHC
    Wikidata description → Swiss philosopher and professor at the Swiss Federal Institu
    Languages spoken, written or signed → German
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30465: add P1810 to P5739 1/3"
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