Olivier de Serres

French soil scientist

Person human Q597422

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: 1539
Date of death: July 12, 1619, July 2, 1619^[8]
Place of birth: Villeneuve-de-Berg
Place of death: Villeneuve-de-Berg
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of France^[9]
Occupation: agronomist, writer, farmer
Notable work: Château de Joviac^[10]
Sibling: Jean de Serres^[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French^[15]
Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14]
Family name: Serres^[12]
Given name: Olivier^[13]
Name in native language: Olivier de Serres^[16]
P14397: 6730
P14608: 117657026

🏷️ Also known as

en Olivier de Serres fa الیویه دو سر ru Оливье де Серр ru Серр, Оливье де zh 奥利维耶·德塞尔

🔖 Identifiers · 59

ISNI: 0000000108607999
VIAF cluster ID: 17457
Library of Congress authority ID: n83228327
GND ID: 117657026
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Olivier de Serres.jpg ↗
AbART person ID: 160050
BAnQ authority ID: 0000082441
BHF author ID: 000007139
BHL creator ID: 30865
BIU Santé person ID: 19840
Babelio author ID: 274857
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11924508c

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British Museum person or institution ID: 140713
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00390947
CIRDOC author ID: 5169
DDB person (GND) ID: 117657026
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 117657026
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: olivier-de-serres
Entomologists of the World ID: 17933
Europeana entity: agent/base/87307
FAST ID: 122360
FactGrid item ID: Sosthenes
FranceArchives agent ID: 19083920
Freebase ID: /m/0fcprl
GeneaStar person ID: deolivier0
IdRef ID: 027133303
KBR person ID: 14311358
Libraries Australia ID: 35942204
Libris-URI: 53hlrl2p182bhtc
NLA Trove people ID: 1156561
NUKAT ID: n2010177461
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID: person/7347B4D7-2F83-4400-A6E3-C2AEF151D3EB
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000457750
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007275725605171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:BgK+;=BU
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810639596405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1757799
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071209581
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3974198
Open Library ID: OL155411A, OL5184579A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100455759
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 475315
Post-Reformation Digital Library author ID: 6729
Prabook ID: 2114098
RERO ID (legacy): A012323156
Regensburg Classification: IF 3750
Roglo person ID: p=olivier;n=de+serres;
SBN author ID: LO1V035013
SELIBR ID: 348651
Shakeosphere person ID: 57071
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI: LSH/agents/53126
The Galileo Project ID: serres
Treccani ID: olivier-de-serres
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: olivier-de-serres
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV11245818
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/263927
Wellcome Collection concept ID: ubyr8prr
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwdgTgvJk7hMhtt7q6h73
Yale LUX ID: person/3192262a-19b3-4c45-beef-2951ad8f01b4

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Occupation 2

writer, agronomist

Country of citizenship 1

Kingdom of France

Described by source 1

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

FactGrid item ID 1

Sosthenes

Given name 1

Olivier

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

French

Place of birth 1

Villeneuve-de-Berg

Place of death 1

Villeneuve-de-Berg

Sex or gender 1

male

Sibling 1

Jean de Serres

Siblings 1

Jean de Serres

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Summary

Olivier de Serres was born on 1539^[1] in Villeneuve-de-Berg^[2]. He died on July 12, 1619^[3], in Villeneuve-de-Berg^[4]. He worked as an agronomist^[5], writer^[6], and farmer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Olivier de Serres born?

Olivier de Serres was born in Villeneuve-de-Berg^[2].

Where did Olivier de Serres die?

Olivier de Serres died in Villeneuve-de-Berg^[4].

What did Olivier de Serres do for work?

Olivier de Serres worked as an agronomist^[5], writer^[6], and farmer^[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Olivier de Serres — place of birth (P19): Villeneuve-de-Berg. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Olivier de Serres — place of death (P20): Villeneuve-de-Berg. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Olivier de Serres — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Olivier de Serres — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of France. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Olivier de Serres — occupation (P106): agronomist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Olivier de Serres — occupation (P106): writer. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Olivier de Serres — occupation (P106): farmer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Olivier de Serres — date of birth (P569): 1539. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Olivier de Serres — date of death (P570): July 12, 1619. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Olivier de Serres — date of death (P570): July 2, 1619. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Olivier de Serres — family name (P734): Serres. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Olivier de Serres — given name (P735): Olivier. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Olivier de Serres — notable work (P800): Château de Joviac. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Olivier de Serres — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Olivier de Serres — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Olivier de Serres — name in native language (P1559): Olivier de Serres. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Olivier de Serres — sibling (P3373): Jean de Serres. wikidata.org.

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17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14608 → 117657026

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21w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14397 → 6730

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → agronomist, writer, farmer

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25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → —

Country of citizenship → Kingdom of France

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