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International Time Bureau

former organization responsible for measuring Universal Time
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International Time Bureau

Summary

International Time Bureau is an international organization[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (international_organization category, ranking #132 of 431).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Time Bureau is in the country of France[3].
  • International Time Bureau's instance of is recorded as international organization[4].
  • International Time Bureau's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
  • International Time Bureau's founder is recorded as Benjamin Baillaud[6].
  • International Time Bureau's headquarters location is recorded as Paris Observatory, PSL University[7].
  • International Time Bureau's ISNI is recorded as 0000000087074029[8].
  • International Time Bureau's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126241615[9].
  • International Time Bureau's GND ID is recorded as 90076-X[10].
  • International Time Bureau's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83223693[11].
  • International Time Bureau's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11871487c[12].
  • International Time Bureau's IdRef ID is recorded as 026472627[13].
  • +1912-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Time Bureau[14].
  • +1913-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of International Time Bureau[15].
  • International Time Bureau's start time is recorded as +1919-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • International Time Bureau's end time is recorded as +1987-12-31T00:00:00Z[17].
  • International Time Bureau's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f8205[18].
  • International Time Bureau's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 90653470[19].
  • International Time Bureau's replaced by is recorded as International Bureau of Weights and Measures[20].
  • International Time Bureau's replaced by is recorded as International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service[21].
  • International Time Bureau's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/International-Time-Bureau[22].
  • International Time Bureau's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'BIH'}[23].
  • International Time Bureau's RERO ID is recorded as A006411099[24].
  • International Time Bureau's Treccani ID is recorded as bureau-international-de-l-heure[25].
  • International Time Bureau's Canadiana Name Authority ID is recorded as ncf10743618[26].
  • International Time Bureau's Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID is recorded as bureau-international-de-l-heure[27].

Body

Founding

International Time Bureau's founder is recorded as Benjamin Baillaud[6]. Recorded inception include +1912-00-00T00:00:00Z[14] and +1913-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].

Identity

International Time Bureau's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'BIH'}[23].

Operations

International Time Bureau's headquarters location is recorded as Paris Observatory, PSL University[7].

Why It Matters

International Time Bureau draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (international_organization category, ranking #132 of 431).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

former entity France

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . sites.google.com. sites.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Bibliothèque nationale de France. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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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