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Peter Dürrenmatt

Swiss journalist, politician and historian (1904-1989)
Person Human Q125132

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[23]
Date of birth
August 29, 1904, 1904[10]
Date of death
March 21, 1989, 1989[11]
Place of birth
Herzogenbuchsee
Place of death
Basel
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[13]
Occupation
journalist, politician, historian, opinion journalist, local politician, university teacher[14]
Field of work
opinion journalism, journalism, regional history, regional policy[15][16][17][18]
Position held
Member of the Swiss National Council (1959–1979)[19]
Educated at
University of Bern, University of Geneva[20][21]
Religion or worldview
reformed[22]
Member of political party
Liberal Party of Switzerland[24]
Father
Hugo Dürrenmatt[12]
Work location
Bern, Basel[27][28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, French[31][32]
Family name
Dürrenmatt[25]
Given name
Peter[26]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Guggisberg[30]
Name in native language
Peter Dürrenmatt[33]
Relative
Friedrich Dürrenmatt[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peter Duerrenmatt en Peter Dürrenmatt ar بيتر دورينمات cs Ulrich Kracher nl Peter Durrenmatt ru Петер Дюрренматт
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
0000000108763836
VIAF cluster ID
19720786
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84036307
GND ID
118845721
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
ETH-BIB-Peter Dürrenmatt-Com L20-0941-0142.tif ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12177967h
DDB person (GND) ID
118845721
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118845721
Dodis ID
P3134
FAST ID
132490
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118845721
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/123b3y5v
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HDS ID
006272
IdRef ID
030345251
IxTheo authority ID
079621082
J9U entity ID
987007277328505171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118845721
Munzinger person ID
00000002525
NL CR AUT ID
mzk20211107808
NLP ID
a0000002185712
NUKAT ID
n98700965
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810586885905606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068249012
OpenParlData ID
19546
Our Campaigns candidate ID
272676
Parsifal cluster ID
538055
Prabook ID
1301896
Swiss parliament ID
1951
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
67922
WikiTree person ID
Dürrenmatt-13
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJk4HPphrQgChqJ38FfjG3

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Summary

Peter Dürrenmatt was born on August 29, 1904[1], in Herzogenbuchsee[2]. He died on March 21, 1989[3], in Basel[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], politician[6], historian[7], opinion journalist[8], and local politician[9].

FAQs

Where was Peter Dürrenmatt born?

Peter Dürrenmatt was born in Herzogenbuchsee[2].

Where did Peter Dürrenmatt die?

Peter Dürrenmatt passed away in Basel[4].

Who were Peter Dürrenmatt's parents?

Peter Dürrenmatt's father was Hugo Dürrenmatt[12].

What did Peter Dürrenmatt do for work?

Peter Dürrenmatt worked as a journalist[5], politician[6], historian[7], opinion journalist[8], and local politician[9].

Where did Peter Dürrenmatt go to school?

Peter Dürrenmatt was educated at University of Bern[20] and University of Geneva[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . parlament.ch council member database. Retrieved . parlament.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . parlament.ch council member database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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