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Fritz de Quervain

Swiss surgeon (1868-1940)
Person human Q116807

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 4, 1868
Date of death
January 24, 1940
Place of birth
Sion
Place of death
Bern
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[8]
Occupation
surgeon, university teacher, physician writer
Employer
University of Bern, University of Basel[9][10]
Educated at
University of Bern[11]
Religion or worldview
reformed[13]
Sibling
Alfred de Quervain[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[21]
Archives at
University of Bern, archives of the Institute for the history of medicine[15]
Family name
de Quervain[16]
Given name
Fritz[17]
Member of
Académie Nationale de Médecine[12]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Burgdorf, Vevey, Bern[18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
000000012099117X
VIAF cluster ID
12298495
Library of Congress authority ID
nr92011614
GND ID
118597337
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Fritz de Quervain.jpg ↗
Alvin ID
alvin-person:2241
BDELIS ID
76720
BIU Santé person ID
3244
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
10574620q
CTHS person ID
4548
DDB person (GND) ID
118597337
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118597337
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FAST ID
302061
Freebase ID
/m/026zsnp
Geni.com profile ID
6000000014675193103
HDS ID
014584
IdRef ID
082725225
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118597337
Libris-URI
75kntlzr1ksm29b
Medvik ID
nlk20030135526
NL CR AUT ID
nlk20030135526
NUKAT ID
n2015099009
National Academy of Medicine (France) member ID
2981
National Library of Latvia ID
000305852
National Library of Portugal ID
1385346
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070542929
Obálky knih ID
nlk20030135526
Open Library ID
OL5957701A, OL2252308A
SBN author ID
SBLV300881
SELIBR ID
346703
SHARE Catalogue author ID
510065
SNAC ARK ID
w6m11qnb
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1134700
Wellcome Collection concept ID
hw4zwwgc
Whonamedit? doctor ID
1106
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJycKC7HYtMjyFCV3fGPwC
Yale LUX ID
person/f0fc10b1-20d7-4a88-a4dd-22c620107c40

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
surgeon, university teacher, physician writer
Employer 2
University of Basel, University of Bern
Archives at 1
University of Bern, archives of the Institute for the history of medicine
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Educated at 1
University of Bern
Given name 1
Fritz
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of 1
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 1
Burgdorf
Place of birth 1
Sion
Place of death 1
Bern
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Alfred de Quervain
Siblings 1
Alfred de Quervain
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Hargicourt
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Summary

Fritz de Quervain was born on May 4, 1868[1], in Sion[2]. He died on January 24, 1940[3], in Bern[4]. He worked as a surgeon[5], university teacher[6], and physician writer[7].

FAQs

Where was Fritz de Quervain born?

Fritz de Quervain was born in Sion[2].

Where did Fritz de Quervain die?

Fritz de Quervain passed away in Bern[4].

What did Fritz de Quervain do for work?

Fritz de Quervain worked as a surgeon[5], university teacher[6], and physician writer[7].

Where did Fritz de Quervain go to school?

Fritz de Quervain was educated at University of Bern[11].

Related Entities

Bern Hargicourt Switzerland University of Bern, archives of the Institute for the history of medicine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 130.92.252.146. 130.92.252.146. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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