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Jan-Bart Gewald

Historian specialized in the social history of Africa; former director of the African Studies Centre Leiden.
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Jan-Bart Gewald

Summary

Jan-Bart Gewald is a human[1]. He was born on +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as an Africanist[3], historian[4], and university teacher[5].

Key Facts

  • Jan-Bart Gewald was born on +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald worked as an Africanist[3].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's professions included historian[4].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald worked as a university teacher[5].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald was employed by Leiden University[6].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's education included a stint at Rhodes University Faculty of Humanities[7].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's image is recorded as JBGewald.tif[8].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald is recorded as male[9].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's ISNI is recorded as 0000000081584714[11].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 78777519[12].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's GND ID is recorded as 135591058[13].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no91010451[14].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13195744c[15].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's IdRef ID is recorded as 035545224[16].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA1404872X[17].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's Commons category is recorded as Jan-Bart Gewald[18].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-2399-9852[19].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's family name is recorded as Gewald[20].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's given name is recorded as Jan-Bart[21].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's SELIBR ID is recorded as 310215[22].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 075196239[23].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 99040863[24].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's ResearcherID is recorded as DWK-7182-2022[25].
  • Jan-Bart Gewald's affiliation is recorded as African Studies Centre Leiden[26].

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Origins and Family

Jan-Bart Gewald was born on +1963-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Jan-Bart Gewald was educated at Rhodes University Faculty of Humanities[7].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include Africanist[3], historian[4], and university teacher[5]. Among Jan-Bart Gewald's employers was Leiden University[6].

FAQs

What did Jan-Bart Gewald do for work?

Jan-Bart Gewald worked as Africanist[3], historian[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Jan-Bart Gewald go to school?

Jan-Bart Gewald was educated at Rhodes University Faculty of Humanities[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . viaf.org. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [2] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . ascleiden.nl. ascleiden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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