Herbert Van de Sompel

Belgian librarian and information scientist
Person human Q5735804
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Herbert Van de Sompel

Summary

Herbert Van de Sompel is a human[1]. His place of birth was Ghent[2]. He was born on +1957-03-20T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a librarian[4] and computer scientist[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Herbert Van de Sompel was born in Ghent[2].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel was born on +1957-03-20T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel held citizenship in Belgium[7].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel worked as a librarian[4].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's professions included computer scientist[5].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel was employed by Data Archiving and Networked Services[9].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's education included a stint at Ghent University[10].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's doctoral advisor was Clifford Lynch[11].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's doctoral advisor was William Y Arms[12].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel received the Tony Kent Strix award[13].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel received the Paul Evan Peters Award[14].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel received the SPARC Innovator Award[15].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel received the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology[16].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's image is recorded as Herbert Van de Sompel.jpg[17].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel is recorded as male[18].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's instance of is recorded as human[19].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's ISNI is recorded as 0000000051201436[20].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 31835361[21].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr00019573[22].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's Commons category is recorded as Herbert Van de Sompel[23].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-0715-6126[24].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 221497[25].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ms58l[26].
  • Herbert Van de Sompel's given name is recorded as Herbert[27].

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Origins and Family

Herbert Van de Sompel was born in Ghent[2]. He was born on +1957-03-20T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Herbert Van de Sompel's education included a stint at Ghent University[10]. Doctoral advisors include Clifford Lynch[11], a computer scientist[28], 1954–2025[29], of United States[30], awarded the ACM Fellow[31] and William Y Arms[12], a university teacher[32], specialised in software engineering[33].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include librarian[4] and computer scientist[5]. Herbert Van de Sompel was employed by Data Archiving and Networked Services[9].

Recognition

Awards received include Tony Kent Strix award[13], an award[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 1998[36]; Paul Evan Peters Award[14], an award[37]; SPARC Innovator Award[15], an award[38]; and Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology[16], a science award[39], in United States[40], founded in 1998[41].

Why It Matters

Herbert Van de Sompel ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[6]

FAQs

Where was Herbert Van de Sompel born?

Herbert Van de Sompel's place of birth was Ghent[2].

What did Herbert Van de Sompel do for work?

Herbert Van de Sompel worked as librarian[4] and computer scientist[5].

Where did Herbert Van de Sompel go to school?

Herbert Van de Sompel was educated at Ghent University[10].

What awards did Herbert Van de Sompel receive?

Honors received include Tony Kent Strix award[13], Paul Evan Peters Award[14], SPARC Innovator Award[15], and Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology[16].

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  1. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . dans.knaw.nl. Retrieved . dans.knaw.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . cni.org. Retrieved . cni.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . oclc.org. Retrieved . oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [11] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [12] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [3] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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