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Oskar Kolberg

Polish ethnologist, folklorist, and composer (1814-1890)
Person Human Q195301

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
February 22, 1814
Date of death
June 3, 1890
Place of birth
Przysucha
Place of death
Kraków
Country of citizenship
Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland, Austria–Hungary, Poland[12][13][14][15]
Occupation
anthropologist, composer, ethnographer, ethnologist
Educated at
Warsaw Lyceum[16]
Father
Juliusz Kolberg[10]
Mother
Caroline Friederike Mercoeur[11]
Sibling
Antoni Kolberg, Wilhelm Kolberg[30][31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Polish[28]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Polish Biographical Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22][23][24][25][26][27]
Family name
Kolberg[20]
Given name
Oskar[21]
Member of
Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzanskie, Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie[17][18]
Name in native language
Oskar Kolberg[29]
Place of burial
Rakowicki Cemetery[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Henryk Oskar Kolberg en Oskar Kolberg cs Henry Oskar Kolberg cs Henryk Oskar Kolberg el Όσκαρ Κόλμπεργκ ja オスカル・コルベルク pl O. Kolberg pl Henryk Oskar Kolberg pl Oskar Henryk Kolberg ru Кольберг, Оскар ru Оскар Кольберг sv Henryk Oskar Kolberg sv Kolberg uk Кольберг Оскар uk Оскар Кольберґ
🔖 Identifiers · 69
ISNI
0000000083422209
VIAF cluster ID
22180348
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n50044460
GND ID
119500000
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Oskar Kolberg (58929).jpg ↗
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
oskar-kolberg
Austrian Biographical Encyclopedia ID
K/Kolberg_Oskar-Henryk_1814_1890
BHCL UUID
546070fa-5f68-4142-802d-cc3d42981990
Baza osób polskich ID
8876
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12158984x
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01327966
CONOR.SI ID
11129443
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CONOR.SR ID
56377609
Chtyvo author ID
Oskar_Kolberg
CiNii Research ID
1140845216550015360
DDB person (GND) ID
119500000
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119500000
Discogs artist ID
6009695
Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego person ID
51139
FAST ID
15319
FactGrid item ID
Predators
Find a Grave memorial ID
178643422
Freebase ID
/m/064n7x2
Geni profile ID
6000000170075088114
Goodreads author ID
4287824
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
11841
Grove Music Online ID
15280
IdRef ID
030107911
Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny ID
henryk-oskar-kolberg-wiesz, henryk-oskar-kolberg-1814-1890-etnograf-etnolog-folklorysta-wiesz
J9U entity ID
987007275463205171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119500000
Libraries Australia ID
35777799
Libris-URI
pm134dv70j5jx4b
MuseScore artist ID
12977
Musicalics composer ID
91979
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000465161
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA09601123
NE.se ID
oskar-kolberg
NL CR AUT ID
ola2003196277
NLA Trove people ID
1082728
NLB authority ID (Belarus)
NLB-ar10265571
NLP ID
a0000001180110
NSK (VIAF) ID
000810023
NSK ID
981005736066009366
NUKAT ID
n93126762
National Library of Greece ID
170583
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000410711
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*91118;=BG
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810555234105606
National Library of Portugal ID
1205476
National Library of Russia ID
770239388, 770239387
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07062240X
Obálky knih ID
ola2003196277
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3923832
Open Library ID
OL639245A
OpenMLOL author ID
146244
Polish Music Library PBM ID
kolberg-oskar
Prabook ID
2346636
RILM ID
13290
RISM ID
people/41010154
SELIBR ID
194077
Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID
le.1605.1.5
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
vtls005430030
Topic's main category
Category:Oskar Kolberg
Unz Review author ID
KolbergOskar
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/206042
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvmKF4Kw4HDVDPQ9yc3wC
Yale LUX ID
person/b07bac96-d50a-4f6e-81b2-8e6caa3917dd
Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online ID
K/Kolberg_Oskar

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🔗 Connections
Country of citizenship 4
Poland, Austria–Hungary, Duchy of Warsaw, Congress Poland
Occupation 4
composer, anthropologist, ethnographer, ethnologist
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Nordisk familjebok, Polish Biographical Dictionary
Named after 2
Oskar Kolberg Institute, Oskar Kolberg Prize
Educated at 1
Warsaw Lyceum
FactGrid item ID 1
Predators
Father 1
Juliusz Kolberg
Given name 1
Oskar
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Polish
Member of 1
Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie
Parent of 1
Juliusz Kolberg
Place of birth 1
Przysucha
Place of burial 1
Rakowicki Cemetery
Place of death 1
Kraków
Sex or gender 1
male
← Different from 1
Kolberg
← Field of work 1
Oskar Kolberg Institute
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Summary

Oskar Kolberg was born on February 22, 1814[1], in Przysucha[2]. He died on June 3, 1890[3], in Kraków[4]. He worked as an anthropologist[5], composer[6], ethnographer[7], and ethnologist[8].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Oskar Kolberg include Oskar Kolberg Institute[32], a publishing house[33], in Poland[34] and Oskar Kolberg Prize[35], an award[36], in Poland[37], founded in 1974[38].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Oskar Kolberg include Oskar Kolberg Institute[32], a publishing house[33], in Poland[34] and Oskar Kolberg Prize[35], an award[36], in Poland[37], founded in 1974[38].

FAQs

Where was Oskar Kolberg born?

Oskar Kolberg's place of birth was Przysucha[2].

Where did Oskar Kolberg die?

Oskar Kolberg died in Kraków[4].

Who were Oskar Kolberg's parents?

Oskar Kolberg's father was Juliusz Kolberg[10]. Oskar Kolberg's mother was Caroline Friederike Mercoeur[11].

What did Oskar Kolberg do for work?

Oskar Kolberg worked as an anthropologist[5], composer[6], ethnographer[7], and ethnologist[8].

Where did Oskar Kolberg go to school?

Oskar Kolberg was educated at Warsaw Lyceum[16].

Related Entities

Austria–Hungary Congress Poland Oskar Kolberg Institute Poland Predators Przysucha

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . tnk.krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . tnk.krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . tnk.krakow.pl. Retrieved . tnk.krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . tnk.krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . tnk.krakow.pl. Retrieved . tnk.krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . tnk.krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . tnk.krakow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . 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

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