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Ferdinand Kittel

German missionary and Kannada lexicographer who compiled the landmark Kannada-English Dictionary (1832–1903)
Person human Q77310

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
April 7, 1832
Date of death
December 18, 1903
Place of birth
East Frisia, Resterhafe[10]
Place of death
Tübingen
Country of citizenship
Germany[12]
Occupation
lexicographer, translator, Bible translator, missionary, theologian
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[17]
Described by source
Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia (online version)[16]
Family name
Kittel[14]
Given name
Ferdinand[15]
Name in native language
Ferdinand Kittel[18]
P14927
120880261[19]
Place of burial
Stadtfriedhof Tübingen[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ferdinand Kittel en Reverend Ferdinand Kittel ar فرديناند كيتل ru Киттель, Фердинанд ru Фердинанд Киттель
🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
0000000062991816
VIAF cluster ID
34568446
Library of Congress authority ID
n84135736
GND ID
120880261
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kittel, Ferdinand (1832-1903).jpg ↗
Alvin ID
alvin-person:13592
BIBSYS ID
90345795
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12531313b
CiNii Research ID
1140000791783962112
DDB person (GND) ID
120880261
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
120880261
FAST ID
1773461
Show all 35 identifiers +23
Find a Grave memorial ID
103931927
Freebase ID
/m/08_k4t
IdRef ID
112684254
IxTheo authority ID
141631368
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
120880261
Libraries Australia ID
57061531
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04058181
NLA Trove people ID
1678299
NUKAT ID
n2014076973
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001288420
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007334538405171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07110500X
Niedersächsische Personen ID
1756571686
Open Library ID
OL4277431A
Parsifal cluster ID
831544
Persons of Indian Studies ID
3504
Prabook ID
2433987
RERO ID (legacy)
A003457021
SBN author ID
TO0V359748
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/194936
Wellcome Collection concept ID
z2vww8ry
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJk4GMfcPFBKPPRTbt3CwC
Yale LUX ID
person/83bd6992-ff01-4777-bd3f-a25a4f012ef1

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Occupation 3
translator, lexicographer, Bible translator
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Family name 1
Kittel
Given name 1
Ferdinand
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Place of birth 1
East Frisia
Place of death 1
Tübingen
Sex or gender 1
male
← SNARC ID 1
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Summary

Ferdinand Kittel was born on April 7, 1832[1], in East Frisia[2]. He died on December 18, 1903[3], in Tübingen[4]. He worked as a lexicographer[5], translator[6], Bible translator[7], missionary[8], and theologian[9].

FAQs

Where was Ferdinand Kittel born?

Ferdinand Kittel's place of birth was East Frisia[2].

Where did Ferdinand Kittel die?

Ferdinand Kittel died in Tübingen[4].

What did Ferdinand Kittel do for work?

Ferdinand Kittel worked as a lexicographer[5], translator[6], Bible translator[7], missionary[8], and theologian[9].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . 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. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 9
    Occupation → lexicographer, translator, Bible translator +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/61951|batch #61951]]: Import professions from Lower Saxony Biography"
  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Find a Grave memorial ID → 103931927
    P14927 → 120880261
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'kn', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57570|batch #57570]]: Import LEO-BW ID"
  3. 10w ago · Rescq · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of burial → Stadtfriedhof Tübingen
    Wikidata description → German missionary and Kannada lexicographer who compiled the landmark Kannada-En
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Place of burial: Stadtfriedhof Tübingen"
  4. 21w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Germany
    Given name → Ferdinand
    Place of birth → East Frisia, Resterhafe
    Described by source → Biographical Lexicon for East Frisia (online version)
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35551|batch #35551]]: add P1810 to P8034"
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