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Samuel Engel

Swiss librarian, economist and politician (1702-1784)
Person human Q119137

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
December 2, 1702
Date of death
March 26, 1784
Place of birth
Bern
Place of death
Bern
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[10]
Occupation
librarian, economist, politician, agronomist, geographer, farmer, travel writer, Landvogt[11][12][13]
Position held
Member of the Grand Council of Bern[14]
Religion or worldview
reformed[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[21]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[23]
Described by source
Neue Deutsche Biographie[20]
Family name
Engel[17]
Given name
Samuel[18]
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Bern[19]
P14536
429479[24]
P14585
50658[25]
P14608
119477661[26]
P14611
90238[27]
Writing language
French[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Samuel Engel ar صموئيل إنجل cs E. B. d'E. fr Sam. Engel, bailli d'Echalens fr Engel, Samuel fr Samuel Engel, bailli d'Echalens nl Samuel Engel ru Сэмюэл Энгель th ซามูเอล เอ็งเงิล
🔖 Identifiers · 50
ISNI
0000000073573820
VIAF cluster ID
63150868292022072231
Library of Congress authority ID
no91020413
GND ID
119477661
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
SamuelEngel.jpg ↗
Alvin ID
alvin-person:10671
BAnQ authority ID
0000286945
BIBSYS ID
2017466
BNMM authority ID
000024936
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13014014f
CCAB ID
000228225
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00406256
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10104208
DDB person (GND) ID
119477661
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119477661
Electronic Enlightenment ID
engelsamue023544
FAST ID
290893
Geographicus cartographer ID
engel
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122tbtqf
HDS ID
025891
IdRef ID
094159343
KBR person ID
14057235
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119477661
Libraries Australia ID
35366428
Libris-URI
jgvz38h23hw44cq
Lumières.Lausanne ID
112
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2009511381
NLA Trove people ID
927265
NLP ID
a0000003650797
NSK (VIAF) ID
000514748
NSK ID
981005725019309366
NUKAT ID
n2016175134
National Library of Brazil ID
000188637
National Library of Chile ID
000068049
National Library of Greece ID
150686
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001368144
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987013396732705171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810689172605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
108687449
Open Library ID
OL2498742A
Parsifal cluster ID
830190
Québec cultural heritage directory people ID
15269
RERO ID (legacy)
A003217344
RISM ID
people/50037464
SBN author ID
UBOV378042
SELIBR ID
302792
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
312694
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11390869
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/277882
Yale LUX ID
person/48f060b8-6c8f-4128-8db5-f363698e6893

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Occupation 5
politician, economist, librarian, geographer, agronomist
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Family name 1
Engel
Given name 1
Samuel
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Municipal affiliation of a Swiss national 1
Bern
Place of birth 1
Bern
Place of death 1
Bern
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
French
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Summary

Samuel Engel was born on December 2, 1702[1], in Bern[2]. He died on March 26, 1784[3], in Bern[4]. He worked as a librarian[5], economist[6], politician[7], agronomist[8], and geographer[9].

FAQs

Where was Samuel Engel born?

Samuel Engel was born in Bern[2].

Where did Samuel Engel die?

Samuel Engel died in Bern[4].

What did Samuel Engel do for work?

Samuel Engel worked as a librarian[5], economist[6], politician[7], agronomist[8], and geographer[9].

Related Entities

Bern Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . geographicus.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . SUDOC. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Neue Deutsche Biographie
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  2. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987013396732705171
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  3. 17w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14608 → 119477661
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  5. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 24w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Neue Deutsche Biographie
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